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Allison Lampert
Emirates and Qatar Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2026
Perishables and plane parts stranded as Middle East conflict hits air cargo
Shipments are in limbo as the conflict reduces the world¡¯s air cargo capacity and pushes up freight rates, with executives bracing for backlogs of goods.
An Airbus A320 production line in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2025
From ¡¯Icarus bug¡¯ to flawed panels: Airbus counts cost of relying on single model
This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world¡¯s most-delivered jet isn¡¯t immune to shocks as disparate as solar flares and flawed metal.
Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025
Investigators find ¡¯black boxes¡¯ from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
The 34-year-old MD-11 freighter was bound for Honolulu with three crew members aboard when it crashed just after clearing a fence at the end of the runway during takeoff.
Demonstrators hold placards and flags, as Air Canada flight attendants said they will remain on strike and challenge a return-to-work order they called unconstitutional, defying a government decision to force them back to their duties, at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2025
Striking Air Canada flight attendants defy back-to-work order
The refusal by the union to obey the order left many travelers at Toronto Pearson International Airport confused and frustrated on Sunday afternoon.
Air Canada flight attendants picket outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2025
Air Canada and union deadlocked despite government plea for deal to avert Saturday strike
Canada's largest carrier has said it expects to cancel 500 flights by the end of the day.
A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2025
Amid Air India probe, U.S. FAA and Boeing say fuel switch locks are safe
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's notification came after a preliminary report into Air India's Boeing 787-8 crash raised questions over engine fuel cutoff switches.
A firefighter stands next to the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, in Ahmedabad, India, on June 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2025
Fuel switches in focus as preliminary crash report of Air India jet nears
It is not clear how much information would be available in the report, which comes about 30 days after the June 12 tragedy.
A man holds a Canadian flag ahead of Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party election campaign event at candidate Amarjeet Sohi¡¯s campaign office, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025
Candidates in Canada election make final pitches under shadow of Vancouver tragedy
Sunday was the final day of a five-week campaign for the candidates to make their case ahead of an election entered largely on Trump's tariffs and threats to annex Canada.
A collision on Wednesday night between a Black Hawk military helicopter and an American Airlines subsidiary's CRJ700 regional jet, which killed 67 people, has stirred haunting memories for pilots who have faced challenges landing at Reagan Washington National Airport.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Near-misses at Washington airport worried pilots well before crash
A review of incidents at Reagan Airport involving helicopters reveals pilots had been raising alarm about near-misses back to the 1980s.
Unattended picket signs are piled up outside a Boeing facility in Seattle on Monday, after unionized workers voted to end their strike.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2024
Boeing CEO in battle to mend rifts after bitter strike ends
The strike exposed divides that run right through the company.
Boeing workers hold signs during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on Oct. 15.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2024
Striking Boeing workers set to vote on union-endorsed 38% wage hike offer
The vote on Monday, if approved, would be a boost for new CEO Kelly Ortberg, who is pushing for a "fundamental culture change" at the beleaguered company.
Boeing factory workers and supporters gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility in Renton, Washington, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2024
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs and delay first 777X delivery as strike hits finances
CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a message to employees that the significant downsizing is necessary "to align with our financial reality."
Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2024
Boeing furloughs thousands as no progress made to resolve strike
Selected employees will take one week of furlough every four weeks on a rolling basis for the duration of the strike by some 30,000 machinists, which began last Friday.
Families of those killed in Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashes hold up pictures of their deceased loved ones as the planemaker's CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the safety culture at Boeing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2024
U.S. prosecutors recommend DOJ criminally charge Boeing as deadline looms
They concluded the planemaker had violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 involving its 737 MAX jet, source say.
Boeing has been under scrutiny from regulators and customers since a Jan. 5 incident in which a smaller 737 MAX operated by Alaska Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew out mid-flight.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2024
Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s, sources say
It involves incorrect "torquing" or tightening of more than 900 fasteners per plane, but there is no immediate concern about flight safety.
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The Jan. 5 blowout incident plunged Boeing into a new crisis five years after the second of two fatal crashes grounded the MAX.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2024
How Boeing¡¯s leadership was ¡¯fired¡¯ by its own customers
With Boeing's major U.S. customers calling for a meeting without CEO Dave Calhoun, the company preempted their demands with a major upheaval.
Boeing 737 Max airplanes on the tarmac at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, in 2019
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2024
How production pressures plunged Boeing into yet another crisis
Soul-searching about quality controls and plunged Boeing into its second safety crisis in five years.
Curbs on Boeing production in the wake of a mid-air blowout is adding to pressures forcing airlines to fly older planes for longer.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Feb 2, 2024
Boeing 737 Max crisis adds to high demand for older planes
Curbs on Boeing production in the wake of a mid-air blowout are adding to pressures forcing firms to fly older planes for longer.
Grounded Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2024
Boeing¡¯s latest Max problem creates more headaches for airlines
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines together have 70% of the Max 9 planes in service and have canceled hundreds of flights.
A Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane burns on the tarmac at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2024
Runway safety concerns in focus as Japan probes Tokyo crash
The collision of two airplanes at Haneda Airport comes just weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh warnings about runway safety.
Female death row inmate sues Japan government over 24/7 surveillance
Tokyo Detention House guidelines dictate that CCTV surveillance can be used when detainees are at risk of suicide or self-harm, or when there is concern they may try to escape.
Almost half of foreign residents have experienced discrimination: government survey
Japan¡¯s foreign resident population rose 9.5% to a record 4.12 million at the end of 2025, topping 4 million for the first time, according to data from the Immigration Services Agency.
¡®There was no village¡¯: Japan¡¯s troubling pattern of family murder-suicides
Akiko Hashiguchi is one of the few people in Japan to publicly share her personal experience with muri shinj¨± under her own name. She has since been involved in parents¡¯ support work and advocacy around developmental disorders.
Japan arrests Americans over stunt at baby monkey Punch¡¯s zoo
Visitors gather in the rain to catch a glimpse of Punch the monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, in April.
Visitors to Japan down 5.5% in April
Japan Tourism Agency chief Shigeki Murata has emphasized that the government will work on implementing "strategic promotions to attract visitors from more countries and regions."
Female death row inmate sues Japan government over 24/7 surveillance
Tokyo Detention House guidelines dictate that CCTV surveillance can be used when detainees are at risk of suicide or self-harm, or when there is concern they may try to escape.
Installation delays and price hikes hit air conditioners just before summer
Naphtha shortages and a shrinking labor force mean those buying a new air conditioning unit may pay more than last year and then be forced to wait up to a month to have it installed.
¡®There was no village¡¯: Japan¡¯s troubling pattern of family murder-suicides
Akiko Hashiguchi is one of the few people in Japan to publicly share her personal experience with muri shinj¨± under her own name. She has since been involved in parents¡¯ support work and advocacy around developmental disorders.
Before city pop went global, there was Anri
Anri says younger overseas listeners first surprised her during a 2023 performance in Los Angeles, where most of the audience was in their 20s. Nearly five decades after her debut, songs such as ¡°Last Summer Whisper¡± and ¡°I Can¡¯t Stop the Loneliness¡± continue finding new fans.
Trump says ¡®nothing¡¯s changed¡¯ on Taiwan. But his words belie a big shift.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to the U.S. following his official visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Anri says younger overseas listeners first surprised her during a 2023 performance in Los Angeles, where most of the audience was in their 20s. Nearly five decades after her debut, songs such as ¡°Last Summer Whisper¡± and ¡°I Can¡¯t Stop the Loneliness¡± continue finding new fans.
Before city pop went global, there was Anri
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