Raw Japan
Slices of Japanese business, politics and life
JAL – What a feeling!
At Tokyo’s Haneda Airport today, I watched a bio-fuelled JAL aircraft find loft in a sign of 21st Century change.
But for executives of Japan’s flag carrier, Asia’s largest, the exercise was also a brief diversion from the terrestrial woes of the world financial crisis.
Japan Airlines, like its international air rivals, has surplus routes, seats and staff amid the worst times for the industry since September 2001.
A national airline once deemed among Japan’s best employers is now also trying to shed capacity.
