JAL politely requests your cooperation in ensuring punctual departures and safe, pleasant flights.

• Items Acceptable for Carry-On Baggage

Only carry-on baggage that complies with our size, weight and quantity regulations can be taken into passenger cabins. Baggage that exceeds our limits, or which cannot be safely stowed on board because of space limitations, must be checked in as cargo hold freight at the check-in counter.

When two or more seats are required for a passenger, an extra fee is charged for the additional seats. For more detailed information, please see Extra Seat Charge.

• Checked Baggage Allowance

If you have any baggage to check in, please check them in at the counter and proceed through the security checkpoint no later than 15 minutes prior to your flight's scheduled departure time. 
Each passenger in your group may check-in up to 15 kgs of baggage free of charge. The baggage allowance for First Class passengers is 40 kgs.

• Restrictions on carry-on baggage
• Items requiring special attention

Please be careful about what you put inside your bags!
If your carry-on bags are found to contain knives or other prohibited items that could be used as weapons at the security checkpoint, you must either discard the items or return to the check-in counter and have them stored in the cargo hold. A box for discarded items is provided at the security checkpoint for your convenience. Please note that Japan’s Civil Aeronautics Law specifies certain items that cannot be taken on board planes as either carry-on or check-in baggage.

• Limits on use of electronic devices

The use of electronic devices onboard aircraft is regulated by Japan’s Civil Aeronautics Law.

• Items Acceptable for Carry-On Baggage
  

  A passenger may carry on board one personal belonging, such as a shopping bag or handbag , and one baggage satisfying the conditions below. The weight of both carry-on baggage pieces shall not exceed Total Weight below.

  Number of seats	Route	Type of Aircraft	Sum of Three Dimensions	Length of each dimension			Total Weight
  				Width	Height	Depth
  100 seats or more	JAL・JEX・JTA	744/773/772(777)/7J2(777)/767 734/738(73H)/AB6/M90/M81	Not more than 115cm	Not more than 55cm	Not more than 40cm	Not more than 25cm	10kg
  Less than 100 seats	JAL・JAC・HAC・RAC	E70/CRJ/SF3/DH4 DH3/DH1	Not more than 100cm	Not more than 45cm	Not more than 35cm	Not more than 20cm

  • -Due to the security reason, we may check the sum of three dimensions of your baggage.
  • The baggage, which one of the dimension is oversized, may not be able to carry into the cabin.
  • -The size of your baggage includes the handles, pockets and wheels.
  • -The scheduled aircraft type for a flight can be confirmed on the seat availability result page.Each 3 digit characters listed on the seat availability result page and reservation page represents the type of the airplane;772/7J2 as [777], 738 as [73H].
  

  Please check your baggage size with baggage size checking stands at security check area and boarding gates.

• Changes to Carry-On Restricted Items:
  Due to recent amendments to Japan's Aviation Law, passengers are banned from bringing on board any item with the potential to be used as a lethal weapon. Passengers carrying items such as golf clubs and sharp-edged items will be asked to return to the check-in counter in order to check in the relevant item. Alternatively, passengers may choose to leave these items with a non-flying companion or may dispose of the item.
  Your cooperation will help to ensure the safety of air travel.
• Dangerous goods:
  Fireworks, firecrackers, unexploded bombs, or other types of explosives may not be stored in the cargo hold or taken on board of any aircraft as carry-on baggage.
  Please refer below for a full list of items that cannot be taken on board an aircraft as either baggage for the cargo hold or carry-on baggage.
  Examples of Dangerous Goods
• Inside the Cabin:
  

  For your own safety and comfort, please stow your Carry-on baggage under the seat or in the overhead compartments properly.     Baggage that has not been securely placed may cause the injury to you, other passengers or cabin attendants in the event of sudden movement. Baggage scattered in the aisle or emergency exit area may hinder an emergency evacuation. *If you are seated directry behind screen, emergency exit or cabin separating wall and do not have a seat in front of you, your carry-on baggage may not be placed at your feet. Baggage kept on hand may hinder a passenger from taking a bracing position against impact properly.

• Pets:
  Except for insects and small fish, pets may not travel in the passenger cabin. For full details, please contact our Domestic Reservations.

• Size:
  Each passenger is allowed up to three pieces of checked baggage, not to exceed the following dimensions: 50 cm x 60 cm x 120 cm per item. (Items such as skis, golf bags, and fishing rods are eligible for checked baggage.)
• Weight:

  a. Baggage up to 15kgs	b. Baggage over 15kgs, up to 45kgs	c. Baggage that exceed 45kgs
  Free of charge	Excess baggage charge apply Excess baggage charge	Not eligible for checked baggage

• JAL flights using CRJ200 aircraft and all JAC, HAC, and RAC flights have limited carry-on and cargo area space due to the aircraft size. JAL reserves the right to refuse skis, surfboards, golf bags, diving gear, and other large items as checked baggage on these flights.

• Please do NOT place the following items in check-in baggage for the cargo hold as if they are damaged or lost, JAL will not be held liable.
  Valuables such as cash, precious metals, jewelry, securities, arts and antiques; easily breakable items such as watches, cameras, personal computers and glass articles.
  Please note that JAL will also not be held liable for damage to cargo hold baggage which is overweight or under-packed; damage due to wear and tear; the loss of pointed accessories such as removable castors, straps, hooks and name tags; or minor damage such as scratches, scuffs, cuts, dents and stains.
• The maximum amount of indemnity for carry-on baggage/cargo hold baggage whose value has NOT been declared in advance is limited to a maximum of ¥150,000 per person. If the actual value of the items lost or damaged should exceed ¥150,000,
  and if you have paid an Excess value charge of ¥10 per each ¥10,000 over the ¥150,000 threshold, the declared value will become the amount of the indemnity limit. That said, the amount of the indemnity cannot exceed the actual value of the item itself. Please note that these rules apply only in cases where JAL is liable, and that the stated rules are different to those governing the insurance system.
• Damage to Check-In Baggage
  In the event that your check-in baggage is damaged, please notify local airport staff when you claim your baggage. JAL is not liable for damage to check-in baggage, unless the carrier is clearly at fault for the damage.
• JAL will, to the reasonable extent possible, carry Checked Baggage of a Passenger coincidently with the Passenger on the aircraft which the Passenger boards; provided that, if JAL deems it difficult or impracticable, JAL may carry the Checked Baggage on any other flight in which such Baggage can be loaded within the maximum weight allowance or by any other transportation service.

• Items that CANNOT be taken onboard aircraft as either carry-on baggage or check-in baggage:
  • a) Fireworks, firecrackers, unexploded bombs, or other explosives; any item containing gasoline, ethanol or other flammable liquids, heated food containers or anything that containing perishable articles; and anything that may pose a threat to the aircraft, passengers or cargo.
  • b) Oil lighters containing unabsorbed liquid fuel, cigar lighters(*) and pistol-type lighters may NOT be carried on board or checked in.(One cigarette lighter may be carried on board per passenger provided that it is a liquid gas lighter.)
    (*) Cigar lighters refer to lighters used for cigars that emit a strong blue flame.
  • c) Sweet potatoes, morning glory and other plants from Okinawa or the Amami Islands that have not been disinfected; and citrus, orange Jessamine or other uninspected seedlings or ears from Okinawa, Yoron, Okinoerabu, Tokunoshima or Kikaijima.

  

• Items that CANNOT be taken inside passenger cabins:
  Firearms (e.g. guns), knives, swords, blades, scissors, golf clubs, baseball bats, ice-skates, and items which could be used as deadly weapons.
  

• The use of electronic devices onboard aircraft is restricted under Civil Aeronautics Law as follows (partially amended as of October 1, 2007 following revisions to related bulletin specified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport). Please turn off all restricted devices prior to boarding the aircraft when instructed to do so by cabin staff. Violations may be punishable with fines of up to ¥500,000 under Enforcement Regulation 164-15 of the Civil Aeronautics Law. Please also turn off power to electronic devices contained in any baggage you plan to check-into the cargo hold in advance.

  Enforced as October 1, 2007

  The following devices must NOT be used at ANY time onboard aircraft

  Devices that emit electric waves when operating (e.g. cell phones, PHS, transceivers, radio-operated toys, wireless headphones, wireless earphones and microphones, IC tags with internal battery/ies, personal computers, portable information terminals, wireless PC peripherals, electronic game devices, pedometers, heart rate monitors and wristwatches with a wireless communication capability, and wireless keys.

  The following devices must NOT be used during TAKE OFF and LANDING

  Devices listed above that do not emit electric waves when operating; TVs, radios, pagers, GPS receivers, video cameras, video players, DVD players, digital cameras, digital audio devices, wired battery-operated headphones/earphones, word processors, electronic notepads, electronic dictionaries, printers, chargers, “electronic pets” with voice- or touch-activated speakers or motors.

  (IMPORTANT NOTE)

  TAKE OFFS:	Please refrain from using non-prohibited electronic devices from the moment you board the aircraft until the fasten seat belt sign is turned off, or an announcement that you may use such devices is made.
  LANDINGS:	Please turn off all non-prohibited electronic devices when an announcement is made that you may not use such devices until safely disembarked from the aircraft.