Nearly 40 years ago, a Japan Airlines crash killed over 500 people, cost the airline millions, and made ridership plummet

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Rescuers searching for survivors at the site of the crash on August 13, 1985.

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What it was like inside the burning Japan Airlines plane — from the passengers who survived

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Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Firefighters work at Haneda Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire in Tokyo.

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Japan Airlines collision shows why we can't be complacent about near-misses in the US

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Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.

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Japan is bracing for a tsunami with waves as high as 10 feet after more than 20 earthquakes hit in just over 90 minutes

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A screengrab from a video show people sitting on the ground that is cracked in a city in Japan after an earthquake hit Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan.
Road cracks caused by an earthquake are seen in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on January, 1, 2024.

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Japan's aging population offers a roadmap for the US economy's inflation battle

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An elderly clerk waits to serve customers in front of a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 18, 2023.
Eurizon strategists said Japan's aging population provides clues to the US inflation outlook.

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A maker of tiny Japanese pickup trucks shut down its factories after admitting it forged safety tests for 30 years

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Former Daihatsu president Masanori Mitsui with the company's Hijet Kei truck.

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Japan is close to becoming the 3rd nation to land on the moon in the 21st century. The US isn't one of them.

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An illustration of JAXA's SLIM spacecraft on the moon.

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Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US that could help Ukraine, breaking a decades-old arms export policy

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A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.
A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.

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Japanese prosecutors have demanded a controversial streamer pays a fine after he played music in a restaurant

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JohnnySomali streaming on Kick.

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Think your bank's interest rates are bad? Just take a look at Japan

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Customers at the Japanese banking corporation ATM machines of MUFG and Mizuho banks seen in Tokyo.
Customers at the Japanese banking corporation ATM machines of MUFG and Mizuho banks seen in Tokyo.

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