日本航空(株)『日本航空10年の歩み : 1951-61』(1964.10)

Japan’s aviation industry had completely collapsed by the end of WWII and flights were operated solely by foreign airlines. A movement to rebuild domestic private airline companies met with success when the Occupation forces granted a business permit leading to the establishment of Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Nihon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha) in 1951. The company was reorganized as a semi-governmental corporation with the issuing of the Japan Air Lines Act in 1953. This shashi was planned as part of the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the founding of the company and starts with “Sogyo no keii” (The Story of the Founding), followed by “Puropera no jidai” (The Propeller Age) and “Jetto jidai no kaimaku” (The Dawn of the Jet Age). Various materials have been included as well as feature articles with abridged English translations and many illustrations. [The company’s official English name was written as Japan Air Lines until 1989 when it was changed to Japan Airlines.]