Japan's ANA and JAL team up against abusive behavior by passengers

Industry leaders formulate basic policy by defining 'customer harassment'

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ANA and JAL announced their joint policy to tackle abusive behavior by customers on June 28. (Photo by Yuichi Shiga)

NANCY ZHENG and YUICHI SHIGA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's two leading airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL), announced on Friday that they have set up a joint policy to protect their workers from verbal or physical violence inflicted by customers as airline employees have been victims in many cases.

The problem of "customer harassment" -- customers harassing company employees -- has become a common issue in Japan recently in service industries where workers frequently interact with the public.

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