JAL is giving away 10,000 tickets!

[Taro Toporific]

. BBB! http://www.jal.co.jp/10000/
JAL to give away 10,000 round-trip tickets
The Asahi Shimbun / Jan 20
Wanted: 5,000 couples to snap up 10,000 free airline tickets.
In a publicity stunt that seems almost too good to be true, Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL group) says it will give away the round-trip tickets to draw attention to the completion on April 1 of the merger between Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) and Japan Air System Co. (JAS). ..
The company will accept applications for the tickets from 1 p.m. today via its Web site at < http://www.jal.co.jp/10000/ >, or by postcard sent to the address specified on the site. Applications will be accepted until Feb. 29.

[kamome]

JAS grounds planes with defective engines, lots of people stuck riding the shinkansen

[kurohinge1]

... In a publicity stunt that seems almost too good to be true, Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL group) says it will give away the round-trip tickets ... on April 1 ...

And I didn't think April Fool's Day was celebrated in Japan.

[kamome]

And I didn't think April Fool's Day was celebrated in Japan.

In 1981 the Daily Mail ran a story about an unfortunate Japanese long-distance runner, Kimo Nakajimi, who had entered the London Marathon but, on account of a translation error, thought that he had to run for 26 days, not 26 miles. The Daily Mail reported that Nakajimi was now somewhere out on the roads of England, still running, determined to finish the race. Supposedly various people had spotted him, though they were unable to flag him down. The translation error was attributed to Timothy Bryant, an import director, who said, "I translated the rules and sent them off to him. But I have only been learning Japanese for two years, and I must have made a mistake. He seems to be taking this marathon to be something like the very long races they have over there."