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Monday, January 30, 2017

JAL, ANA Barring Nationals of 7 Muslim States From U.S.-bound Flights

Above, an ANA jet at Narita International Airport. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have taken steps to screen travelers who are from countries subject to the temporary ban on immigration.

According to the Mainichi Shimbun:
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's two major air carriers decided Monday to bar in principle people from seven Muslim-majority countries from taking flights from Japan to the United States following President Donald Trump's entry ban, officials of the companies said. 
The decisions by Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. came after Trump on Friday signed an executive order barring nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days.

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