11.   Three Japanese military transport planes went to Thailand on Saturday to stand by for a possible evacuation of Japanese citizens from Cambodia.

12.   Two days of aviation talks between Japanese and U.S. negotiators ended Friday without agreement, a Japanese transport ministry official said.

13.   In July, the Japanese transport ministry concluded that the accident was caused by both pilot error and design faults in the aircraft.

14.   In its final report on the accident, the Japanese transport ministry has blamed both human error and design faults in the aircraft for the crash.

15.   A faulty piece in the fanbelt system could fall off, which could cause steering to require greater strength, according to reports filed to the Japanese transport ministry.

16.   A Hong Kong property company Thursday acquired a piece of prime Tokyo real estate in an auction of former railway land, the Japanese transport ministry said.

17.   Japan and South Korea resumed aviation talks here Tuesday following two rounds of talks last year, a Japanese transport ministry official said.

18.   Meanwhile, top US and Japanese transport officials on Thursday began a third round of talks in Los Angeles in their aviation dispute.

19.   Meanwhile, the Japanese transport ministry asked eight Japanese airplane companies to boost security on international flights.

20.   The agreement was reached on Tuesday at talks organised by the Japanese transport ministry to discuss ways to improve port practices under fire from the United States.