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AIRCRAFT

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Mar 28, 2014
ANA boosts 787 in $16.6 billion Boeing shopping spree
ANA Holdings Inc. gave Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner a vote of confidence by ordering 14 more of the jets as part of a $16.6 billion shopping spree a year after regulators grounded the composite aircraft.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2014
ANA splits 70-airplane order with Boeing, Airbus to modernize fleet
ANA Holdings Inc., the nation's largest airline, split a ¥1.7 trillion order for new aircraft between Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV in the biggest purchase in the carrier's history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 7, 2013
Open sky, flying high
In her book "North to the Orient," published in 1935, aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh, one of America's first female pilots, and wife of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh, wrote of the cultural differences she experienced traveling across Asia, and on the simple act of saying farewell. She remarked of her...

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji