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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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Status Airline Operational Dates ICAO / IATA Genealogy Tree Update Reason
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Air Central

2005 - 2009> NV / CRF Air Central  
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Air Do (Hokkaido International Airlines)

1998 - 2009> HD / ADO    
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Air Dolphin

2004* - 2006* -- / ---    
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Air Hokkaido

1994 - 2006 -- / ADK    
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Air Japan

2001 - 2009> NQ / AJX    
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Air Next

2005 - 2009> 7A / NXA    
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Air Nippon (ANK)

1974 - 2009> EL / ANK Air Nippon  
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Air Nippon Network

2002 - 2009> EH / AKX    
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Air Shenpix

2002 - 2004 -- / --- Airtransse  
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Air Transse (Airtransse)

2005 - 2009> -- / TSQ Airtransse  
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AJV

2006? -- / ---    
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Aloha Express

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Amakusa Airlines

2000 - 2009> -- / ---    
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ANA & JP Express

2006 - 2009> 9N / AJV    
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ANA (All Nippon Airways)

1957 - 2009> NH / ANA ANA  
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Asahi Airways

1986* - 1999* -- / ---    
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Central Japan Airlines

1965* - 1965 -- / --- ANA  
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CIAF-One

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Dai-Nippon Airways (Greater Japan Air Lines)

1938 - 1945 -- / --- Dai-Nippon Airways  
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Fair Inc.

2000 - 2004* -- / --- Ibex Airlines  
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Far Eastern Airlines

1957* - 1957 -- / --- ANA  
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Fuji Airlines

1952^ - 1952* -- / --- JAL  
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Fujita Airlines

1963* - 1963 -- / --- ANA  
X

Galaxy Airlines

2006 - 2008 J7 / GXY    
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Global Wings

2005? -- / ---    
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Great Northern Airways

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Harlequin Air

1997 - 2005 JH / HLQ JAL  
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Hokkaido Air System

1998 - 2009> -- / NTH    
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Ibex Airlines

2004 - 2009> FW / FRI Ibex Airlines  
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Iki International

2002* - 2003* -- / ---    
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Iki International Airlines

2005* - 2005* -- / ---    
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International Airlines

1938* - 1938* -- / --- Dai-Nippon Airways  
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JAA (Japan Asia Airways)

1975 - 2009> EG / JAA    
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JACO

* ~ * -- / ---    
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J-Air

2001 - 2009> -- / JLG    
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JAL (Japan Air Lines)

1923^ - 1953 -- / ---    
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JAL (Japan Air Lines)

1953 - 2004 JA / JAL JAL  
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JAL (Japan Air Lines)

2006 - 2009> JL / JAL JAL  
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JAL Cargo

2003* - 2009> -- / ---    
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JAL Express (JEX)

1998 - 2009> JC / JEX    
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JAL International

2004 - 2006 JL / JAL JAL  
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JALWays

1999 - 2009> JQ / JAZ JALWays  
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Japan Air Charter

1991 - 1999 -- / --- JALWays  
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Japan Air Commuter

1983 - 2009> 3X / JAC    
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Japan Airlines Domestic

2004 - 2006 JL / JLJ JAL  
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Japan Cargo Airways

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transport Co.

* ~ * -- / ---    
X

Japan Pacific Airlines

1955* - 1955* -- / ---    
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Japan Regional Airlines

1999* - 2004* -- / ---    
X

Japan Universal System Transport (JUST)

1991^ - 1996* -- / ---    
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Japanese Airlines

1951 - 1953 -- / --- JAL  
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JAS (Japan Air System)

1988 - 2004 -- / --- JAL  
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JDA (Japan Domestic Airlines)

1964* - 1971 -- / --- JAL  
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Jet8

2005? -- / ---    
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JTA (Japan Transocean Air)

1993 - 2009> NU / JTA JTA  
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KNKKK (Kita Nipon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha)

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Kyokuto Airlines

1958* - 1958 -- / --- ANA  
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Lequios Airways

2003? -- / ---    
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LQS Airlines

*? -- / ---    
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Nagasaki Airways

1961^ - 2001 -- / --- Oriental Air Bridge  
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Nagasaki Airways

1967* - 1967 -- / --- ANA  
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Naka Nihon Airlines (NAL)

1991 - 2005 -- / --- Air Central  
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Nakajima Hikoki

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Nakanihon Air Services

1965* - 1965 -- / --- ANA  
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NCA (Nippon Cargo Airlines)

1985 - 2009> KZ / NCA    
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New Central Aviation (ShinChuo Koku)

1999 - 2009> -- / CUK    
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Nippon Air Cargo

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane Company

1953 - 1957 -- / --- ANA  
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Nippon Yuran Airlines

Pre 1963 -- / --- ANA  
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Nitto Airlines

1952^ - 1952* -- / --- JAL  
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NJA (North Japan Airlines)

* ~ * -- / ---    
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NKA (Nihon Kinkyori Airways)

1974^ - 1979* EL / --- Air Nippon  
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NKKK (Japan Air Transport Company)

1929 - 1938 -- / --- Dai-Nippon Airways  
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North Japan Airlines

* - * -- / ---    
X

Orange Cargo (OrangeCargo)

2003 - 2004 -- / ---    
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Oriental Air Bridge

2001 - 2009> -- / NGK Oriental Air Bridge  
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Pan Asia Airlines

1998? -- / --- Skynet Asia Airways  
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Ryukyu Air Commuter

1985 - 2009> -- / RAC    
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Sagawa Express

2006? -- / ---    
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Sky Aeroplane

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Skymark Airlines

1998 - 2009> BC / SKY    
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Skynet Asia Airways

2002 - 2009> 6J / SNJ Skynet Asia Airways  
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Southern Cross Airlines

* ~ * -- / ---    
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Southwest Air Lines

1967 - 1993 JD / --- JTA  
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Star Flyer

2006 - 2009> 7G / SFJ    
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TDA (Toa Domestic Airlines)

1971^ - 1979* JD / --- JAL  
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The Fair

2000 - 2001* -- / ---    
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Toa Airways

1953^ - 1971 -- / --- JAL  
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WAC

* ~ * -- / ---    
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World Air Network

1990^ - 1996* -- / ---    
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Yokohama International Airlines

* ~ * -- / ---    

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