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BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2016
ANA finds broken Dreamliner turbines in three Rolls-Royce engines
ANA Holdings Inc., which has canceled more than a dozen Dreamliner flights since last week, found broken turbines on three Boeing 787s driven by engines made by Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2016
ANA cancels Dreamliner flights to fix engine troubles that could last through September
ANA Holdings Inc., the world's biggest operator of Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner jet, is canceling flights as it checks the Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC engines on its fleet for corrosion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2016
Skymark exits bankruptcy, predicts first profit in three years
Skymark Airlines Inc. exited bankruptcy administration and forecast its first operating profit in three years after reducing its fleet, cutting routes and securing new funding.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 6, 2016
Students storm Diet; families flee New York amid tensions; ANA plane crashes; scores volunteer for Mideast mission
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2016
Japanese airlines to cut fuel surcharges as oil prices slump
The nation's airlines are set to remove fuel surcharges with oil trading around a 12-year low, ending a decade of high jet kerosene costs that had added as much as ¥66,000 to the price of a round-trip ticket to the U.S. or Europe.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2016
Cash-rich ANA offered 8.8% stake in Vietnam Air
Vietnam Airlines Corp. will sell an 8.8 percent stake to ANA Holdings Inc., owner of Japan's biggest airline, for $108 million, the companies announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2016
Haneda, Itami airports top global punctuality list; JAL, ANA crack top five airlines
Two of Japan's airports were the world's most punctual in 2015, and two of its airlines were among the world's top five, OAG Aviation's annual report says.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 13, 2015
ANA sends 'Star Wars' fans into hyperdrive
Guests got a sneak peek of All Nippon Airways' "Star Wars"-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft and were able to take photos of the business class section during a special fan event at Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday, Nov. 12. The aircraft was opened to the media for its first Asian stop...
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2015
'Star Wars' paint job Show ANA ambition as Japan markets applaud
ANA Holdings Inc.'s bond risk jumped last year as the company announced its biggest-ever order for new aircraft. Now Japan's largest airline is being rewarded for the bravado that saw it give its fleet "Star Wars" paint jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2015
ANA joins forces with Star Wars to fly R2-D2 across North America
Not since the days of the Millennium Falcon has R2-D2 had such a sweet ride.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2015
Skymark creditors pick ANA as sponsor, rejecting Delta
In a meeting at the Tokyo District Court, creditors rejected Delta Air Lines Inc., the only other suitor for Skymark, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2015
Delta to serve as Skymark sponsor under creditor's revival plan
Delta Air Lines Inc. would become a minority shareholder in Skymark Airlines Inc. under a rehabilitation proposal put forward by the bankrupt Japanese carrier's biggest creditor, forcing investors to choose between competing plans at a key meeting in early August.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015
Mother's Day east of the Rockies: Blizzard, hail, tornado, tropical storm
Hail, snow, a tornado and a tropical storm made it a "severe weather" Mother's Day in much of the center of the United States and on the Carolina coast on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2015
Skymark said to keep Haneda slots in rescue deal with ANA
Skymark Airlines Inc., the Japanese carrier that filed for bankruptcy protection, will keep its landing slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport as part of a rescue deal it struck with ANA Holdings Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2015
Airlines benefit from clogged sea traffic
The U.S. military ordered yogurt and cottage cheese flown to forces in Japan and South Korea last month as a labor dispute began jamming up West Coast ports.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 22, 2014
Ebola raises airline bond risk, similar to SARS scare
The bond risk of ANA Holdings Inc. rose the most of any company in Japan as the spread of Ebola to two health workers in the U.S. rekindled memories of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2002 and 2003.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2014
New Haneda slots created a glut, JAL chief says
Japan Airlines Co. said the release of new operating slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport has created a capacity glut likely to persist for another 18 months, weighing on average fares and earnings.
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.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2014
Osaka: What did you make of ANA's 'blond, big-nosed foreigner' ad?
All Nippon Airways caused quite a stir last month with the release of an ad many foreign residents found offensive. But what did foreigners and natives in Japan's comedy capital make of it
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 12, 2014
ANA caricature speaks volumes about Japan's outdated mind-set
My personal opinion is that the ad is a disappointing anachronism, and a reminder of the parochial outlook of large Japanese corporations. The ad appeals to the facile formula that 'foreigner = white = blonde and big-nosed = English-speaking = globalization.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past