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Japan is a constitutional monarchy in eastern Asia, comprising four large islands, as well as the Ryûkyû Islands and more than 1000 lesser adjacent islands. It is bordered on the north by the Sea of Okhotsk, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea, and on the west by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan. The Japanese islands extend in an irregular crescent from the island of Sakhalin (Russia) to the island of Taiwan. Japan proper consists of the large islands of Hokkaido, the northernmost; Honshû, the largest, called the mainland; Shikoku; and Kyûshû, the southernmost. The combined area of these islands is about 362,000 sq km (about 140,000 sq mi). The total area of Japan is 377,837 sq km (145,884 sq mi). Tokyo is Japan's capital and largest city.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 A&F Aviation

2011 - 2011   >peach Renamed  

 Air Central

2005 - 2010 NV : CRF >ANA Wings Renamed  

 Air Do (Hokkaido International Airlines)

1998 - 2012> HD : ADO   Active  

 Air Dolphin

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Air Hokkaido

1994 - 2006 -- : ADK   Inactive  

 Air Japan

2001 - 2012> NQ : AJX   Active  

 Air Next

2005 - 2010 7A : NXA >ANA Wings Renamed  

 Air Nippon (ANK)

1974 - 2012> EL : ANK Air Nippon Active  

 Air Nippon Network

2002 - 2010 EH : AKX >ANA Wings Renamed  

 Air Shenpix

2002 - 2004   >Airtransse Renamed  

 Air Transse (Airtransse)

2004 - 2012> -- : TSQ Airtransse Active  

 AirAsia Japan

2012 +     Planned New airline

 AJV

2006* ~ 2006*     Began?  

 Allex (All Express)

2009 - 2010   >OCS Renamed  

 Amakusa Airlines

2000 - 2012>     Active  

 ANA & JP Express

2006 - 2012> 9N : AJV   Active  

 ANA (All Nippon Airways)

1957 - 2012> NH : ANA ANA Active  

 ANA Wings

2010 - 2012> EH : AKX ANA Wings Active  

 Asahi Airways

1986* - 1999*     Status?  

 Central Japan Airlines

1965* - 1965   >ANA Renamed  

 CIAF-One

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Dai-Nippon Airways (Greater Japan Air Lines)

1938 - 1945   >Dai-Nippon Airways Renamed  

 Fair Inc.

2000 - 2004*   >Ibex Airlines Renamed  

 Far Eastern Airlines

1957* - 1957   >ANA Renamed  

 FDA (Fuji Dream Airlines)

2008 - 2012> JH : FDA FDA Active  

 Fuji Airlines

1952* - 1952*   >JAL Renamed  

 Fujita Airlines

1963* - 1963   >ANA Renamed  

 Galaxy Airlines

2006 - 2008 J7 : GXY   Inactive  

 Global Wings

2005* ~ 2005*     Began?  

 Great Northern Airways

1937* - 1938*     Status?  

 Harlequin Air

1997 - 2005 JH : HLQ >JAL Renamed  

 Hokkaido Air System

1998 - 2012> -- : NTH   Active  

 Ibex Airlines

2004 - 2012> FW : IBX Ibex Airlines Active  

 Iki International

2002* - 2003*     Inactive  

 Iki International Airlines

2005* - 2005*     Status?  

 International Airlines

1938* - 1938*   >Dai-Nippon Airways Renamed  

 JAA (Japan Asia Airways)

1975 - 2008 EG : JAA >JAL Renamed  

 JACO (Japan Cargo Airways)

1963* - 1963*     Status?  

 J-Air

2001 - 2012> XM : JLG   Active  

 JAL (Japan Air Lines International)

2006 - 2012> JL : JAL JAL Active  

 JAL (Japan Air Lines)

1923* - 1953     Inactive  

 JAL (Japan Air Lines)

1953 - 2004 JA : JAL >JAL Renamed  

 JAL Cargo

2003* - 2012>     Active  

 JAL Express (JEX)

1998 - 2012> JC : JEX   Active  

 JAL International

2004 - 2006 JL : JAL >JAL Renamed  

 JALWays

1999 - 2012> JQ : JAZ JALWays Active  

 Japan Air Charter

1991 - 1999   >JALWays Renamed  

 Japan Air Commuter

1983 - 2012> 3X : JAC   Active  

 Japan Airlines Domestic

2004 - 2006 JL : JLJ >JAL Renamed  

 Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transport Co.

1953 - 1957   >ANA Renamed  

 Japan Pacific Airlines

1955* - 1955*     Inactive  

 Japan Pacific Airlines

1997 ~ 1998     Began?  

 Japan Regional Airlines

1999* - 2004*     Status?  

 Japan Universal System Transport (JUST)

1991* - 1996*     Inactive  

 Japanese Airlines

1951 - 1953   >JAL Renamed  

 JAS (Japan Air System)

1988 - 2004   >JAL Renamed  

 JDA (Japan Domestic Airlines)

1964* - 1971   >JAL Renamed  

 Jet8

2005* ~ 2005*     Began?  

 Jetstar Japan

2012 +     Planned  

 JTA (Japan Transocean Air)

1993 - 2012> NU : JTA JTA Active  

 KNKKK (Kita Nipon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha)

1921* - 1921*     Status?  

 Kobe Airlines

2002 - 2003   >StarFlyer Renamed  

 Kyokushin Air

2008* - 2008     Inactive  

 Kyokuto Airlines

1958* - 1958   >ANA Renamed  

 Lequios Airways

2002 ~ 2004     Began?  

 LQS Airlines

**** ~ ****     Began?  

 Nagasaki Airways

1961* - 2001   >Oriental Air Bridge Renamed  

 Nagasaki Airways

1967* - 1967   >ANA Renamed  

 Naka Nihon Airlines (NAL)

1991 - 2005   >ANA Wings Renamed  

 Nakanihon Air Services

1965* - 1965   >ANA Renamed  

 NCA (Nippon Cargo Airlines)

1985 - 2012> KZ : NCA   Active  

 New Central Airservice (ShinChuo Koku)

1999 - 2012> -- : CUK   Active  

 Nippon Yuran Airlines

Pre 1963   >ANA Renamed  

 Nitto Airlines

1952* - 1952*   >JAL Renamed  

 NKA (Nihon Kinkyori Airways)

1974* - 1979* EL : --- >Air Nippon Renamed  

 NKKK (Japan Air Transport Company)

1929 - 1938   >Dai-Nippon Airways Renamed  

 North Japan Airlines

**** - ****     Inactive  

 OCS (Overseas Courier Services)

1975* - 2012>   OCS Active  

 Orange Cargo (OrangeCargo)

2003 - 2004     Inactive  

 Oriental Air Bridge

2001 - 2012> O3 : NGK Oriental Air Bridge Active  

 Pacific Asia Airlines

**** - ****     Status?  

 Pan Asia Airlines

1998* ~ 1998*   >Solaseed Air Began?  

 peach

2012 +   peach Planned  

 Ryukyu Air Commuter

1985 - 2012> -- : RAC   Active  

 Sagawa Express

2006* ~ 2006*     Began?  

 Shinchuo Koku

2002* - 2004*     Status?  

 Sky Aeroplane

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Skymark Airlines

1998 - 2012> BC : SKY   Active  

 Skynet Asia Airways

2002 - 2011 LQ : SNJ >Solaseed Air Renamed  

 Solaseed Air

2011 - 2012> LQ : SNJ Solaseed Air Active  

 Southern Cross Airlines

1998 ~ 1998     Began?  

 Southwest Air Lines

1967 - 1993 JD : --- >JTA Renamed  

 Spring Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 StarFlyer

2003 - 2012> 7G : SFJ StarFlyer Active  

 Suzuyo Air

2007 ~ 2008   >FDA Began?  

 TDA (Toa Domestic Airlines)

1971* - 1979* JD : --- >JAL Renamed  

 The Fair

2000 - 2001*   >Unknown Renamed  

 Toa Airways

1953* - 1971   >JAL Renamed  

 Tozai Teiki Kokukwai

1923* - 1929     Inactive  

 WAC

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 World Air Network

1990* - 1996*     Inactive  

 Yokohama International Airlines

1997 ~ 1998     Began?  

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