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Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr takes part in a panel discussion at the International Air Transport Association's Annual General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Oct. 4, 2021.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2026
‘Mr. Lufthansa’ taps crisis playbook to tackle costs and union battles
One of the most prominent — and at times divisive — airline chiefs, Carsten Spohr is riding out challenges ranging from geopolitical disruption to plane delivery delays.
Lufthansa planes in Frankfurt on March 7
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2024
EU’s airline deal demands fuel doubts over further attempts
While the deal expands Lufthansa’s footprint in southern Europe, the combined group will have to cede some routes and slots to rivals for it to proceed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2020
Alitalia bleeds around �300 million a year, administrator says
Struggling Italian carrier Alitalia is burning through its cash resources at the pace of around �300 million ($334 million) a year, its new temporary administrator, Giuseppe Leogrande, told members of a parliamentary committee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2019
Alitalia rescue hopes rise as Lufthansa looks set to step in
Alitalia received a boost to its hopes of rescue on Thursday with signs that Lufthansa could take a stake in the Italian carrier, while Rome agreed to a �350 million ($389 million) bridging loan to ease immediate cash worries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2019
New Pratt & Whitney engine checks ordered after Swiss A220 diverts to Paris, fleet gets grounded
Pratt & Whitney recommended checks on engines on Airbus A220 aircraft and some Embraer jets after a Geneva-bound Swiss jet diverted to Paris with an engine problem, prompting the grounding of the rest of the airline’s A220 fleet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2017
Lufthansa seen circling as Air Berlin files for protection after Etihad pulls support
Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after key shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew funding following years of losses, leaving valuable runway slots up for grabs.
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.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2015
Lufthansa pilot strike grounds over half long-haul flights
A pilots strike grounded more than half of Lufthansa’s lucrative long-haul flights on Thursday, the latest action to pressure management in a protracted row over early retirement benefits and cost cuts.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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