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GERMANWINGS

WORLD
Apr 13, 2015
Bomb scare prompts Germanwings jetliner evacuation
A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany was evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2015
Crash pilot's medical record preceded stricter reporting rules, Lufthansa says
Lufthansa said on Monday it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz's former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015
High price of cold-hearted capitalism
At the root of Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz's likely decision to kill himself is that he lived, as we all do in the Western world, in a disposable society.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2015
Crash co-pilot's medical history a mystery to German aviation watchdog
The German aviation authority did not know about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people, it told Reuters on Sunday, raising more questions over medical oversight of pilots.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2015
Co-pilot Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit door locks on Net; second black box found
The co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a Germanwings plane into the French Alps searched the Internet for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash that killed 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2015
Lufthansa chief dodges questions at crash site amid focus on passenger video
A video of the final seconds aboard the Germanwings plane that crashed in France last week has been discovered, reports said on Wednesday, just hours before Lufthansa executives visiting the crash site dodged questions about the mental health of the pilot.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Video showing chaotic final seconds of Germanwings flight is unearthed: reports
A video showing the chaotic final seconds on board the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps last week has been discovered near the site, Germany's Bild daily reported Wednesday, saying it had seen the footage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
EasyJet CEO says two-in-cockpit rule is best option after crash
EasyJet PLC said a policy of always having two people in aircraft cockpits adopted after the Germanwings crash simply requires a flight attendant who would have stood outside when a pilot took a break to step onto the flight deck.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Lufthansa flight school knew about Lubitz's depression
The German pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people, told officials at a Lufthansa training school in 2009 that he had gone through a period of severe depression, the airline said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2015
Germanwings crash co-pilot had been treated for suicidal tendencies
The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot's license, German prosecutors said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015
Are we sure co-pilot was the killer?
News reports on accusations that Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot, purposely brought down Flight 9525 over the French Alps have rushed to convict him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015
Low-cost airlines elevate stress levels for pilots
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who steered a Germanwings flight into a mountainside, had a history of depression so debilitating that he left his pilot training program for six months in the late 2000s, reports Germany's Bild newspaper.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
German police search house of co-pilot who flew A320 into mountain
A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings Flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
Cockpit voice tape studied in Airbus crash; NYT says pilot was locked out
Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that crashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
Cockpit voice tape hoped to unravel Germanwings Airbus crash riddle
Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that smashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, and they expect a preliminary read-out of their content in days, an official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2015
Crash experts face mystery of eight-minute drop without a mayday; black box found
Investigators probing the crash of a Germanwings jetliner in the foothills of the French Alps will seek to determine why the aircraft made a rapid descent spanning eight minutes without a single mayday call.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
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Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
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Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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