JAPAN WEEK, a 10-day celebration of Japanese food and culture, proving Japan is a premiere tourism destination. New York City becomes the venue for a series of back-to-back Japan-related events, sponsored by Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) and Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), and organized by Organization to Promote Japanese Restaurants Abroad (JRO). JAPAN WEEK

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Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines is considering abolishing flights connecting Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, with Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture and Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, by March 2009, it was learned Wednesday.

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines is considering abolishing flights between Kansai International Airport in western Japan's Osaka Prefecture and Heathrow Airport in London by March 2009, it was learned Thursday.

Tokyo, July 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines will quit Fukushima Airport in northeastern Japan in late January 2009, JAL officials said Wednesday. The move will be part of the company's plan to trim its domestic passenger flight operations in response to higher fuel prices, the officials said.