Japanese Transport Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on November 10, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines (JAL) is set to receive an emergency loan from a state-backed lender to help it to keep flying in the face of heavy losses. JAL will get the financial lifeline from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), Maehara told a news conference, adding that the amount and timing of the loan had not yet been decided. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Japanese Transport Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on November 10, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines (JAL) is set to receive an emergency loan from a state-backed lender to help it to keep flying in the face of heavy losses. JAL will get the financial lifeline from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), Maehara told a news conference, adding that the amount and timing of the loan had not yet been decided.

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