announces Monday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange that the carrier fell into the red in the first half of this year.

JAL reported a group net loss of 12 billion yen in the first half, compared with a net profit of 82.9 billion yen a year earlier, as it struggles with surging oil prices and a drop in domestic travelers as well as tourists going to China.

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