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ACCIDENTS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2019
U.S. lawmakers will press Boeing CEO for answers on 737 Max crashes
The head of a U.S. Senate panel reviewing two catastrophic Boeing 737 Max crashes told Reuters ahead of hearings this week that the plane would not return to U.S. skies until "99.9 percent of the American public" and policymakers are convinced it is safe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2019
Indonesia blames Boeing design in final report on 737 Max crash, but Lion Air also made mistakes
Boeing, acting without adequate oversight from U.S. regulators, failed to grasp risks in the design of cockpit software on its 737 Max airliner, sowing the seeds for a Lion Air crash that also involved errors by airline workers and crew, Indonesian investigators found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2019
Software under scrutiny in spate of Airbus A220 engine failures
A U.S.-led investigation into a series of engine failures on Airbus's smallest jet, the A220, is studying whether a software change allowed unexpected vibrations that tore parts and forced three emergency landings, several people familiar with the case said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2019
Boeing makes progress on 737 Max but FAA needs weeks to review
Boeing Co is making progress toward getting its 737 Max aircraft in the air again, but the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will need at least several more weeks for review, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2019
Boeing may face billions more in losses as 737 Max crisis deepens, analysts say
Boeing Co. may have to book billions of dollars in additional charges related to its grounded 737 Max jets, brokerages said, following reports that call into question the timing of the aircraft's return to service.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 18, 2019
Italy retrieves seven bodies from Oct. 7 migrant shipwreck off Lampedusa
Italy has recovered the bodies of a child and six other people from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, more than a week after a crowded migrant boat capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2019
New Pratt & Whitney engine checks ordered after Swiss A220 diverts to Paris, fleet gets grounded
Pratt & Whitney recommended checks on engines on Airbus A220 aircraft and some Embraer jets after a Geneva-bound Swiss jet diverted to Paris with an engine problem, prompting the grounding of the rest of the airline's A220 fleet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2019
Southwest pilots see 737 Max return in February at earliest
Southwest Airlines Co.'s pilots don't expect to see Boeing Co.'s 737 Max resume flights until February "at least," given work still to be done in a process fraught with safety concerns and politics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2019
Boeing CEO, removed as chairman, seen nearing last chance on 737 Max
The clock is ticking ever more loudly for Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg as the grounding of the 737 Max hits the seven-month mark.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2019
Cracks found at 'pickle fork' wing-fuselage junction on over 5% of older Boeing 737s, prompting groundings
More than 5 percent of older Boeing Co. 737 jets that underwent urgent inspections worldwide in the past week have cracks in a structure connecting the wings to the fuselage and will have to be temporarily grounded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2019
Southwest pilot union sues Boeing over its 'rush' to sell unsafe 737 Max
The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet to stay competitive, withholding key information about a feature that contributed to two fatal crashes within five months.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2019
Bodies of 13 women found after crowded migrant boat sinks off Italian isle
Italian coast guard ranks recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in bad weather as rescue craft approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, local authorities said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2019
60 rescued after North Korean fishing vessel collides with patrol boat belonging to Japan's Fisheries Agency
The incident took place inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off the coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 3, 2019
'Death better than this': Greece's Moria camp refugees decry conditions
Jan Ali Razaiem said he made the long journey from his home in Afghanistan to Greece for a better future for his two sons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2019
National Public Safety Commission tackles topics from elderly driving to Tokyo Olympics security
The government will consider various measures to prevent traffic accidents involving elderly drivers, including the introduction of a new driver's license category with special limitations, National Public Safety Commission Chairman Ryota Takeda has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019
Boeing unveils revamp to deepen safety focus after 737 Max crashes
Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg unveiled a structural overhaul intended to sharpen the plane-maker's focus on safety after two accidents of its 737 Max killed 346 people within a five-month span.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2019
Boeing omitted safeguards on 737 Max that were used on military jet, WSJ reports
Boeing Co. engineers working on the 737 Max passenger plane's flight-control system omitted safeguards included in an earlier version of the system used on a military tanker jet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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