This is a list of defunct airlines of Japan.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Founded | Ceased operations |
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| Air Central | NV | CRF | AIR CENTRAL | 1988 | 2010 | Merged with Air Next and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings | |
| Air Hokkaido | ADK | AIR DREAM | 1994 | 2006 | |||
| Air Next | 7A | NXA | BLUE-DOLPHIN | 2004 | 2010 | Merged with Air Central and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings | |
| Air Nippon | EL | ANK | ANK AIR | 1987 | 2012 | Merged into All Nippon Airways | |
| Air Nippon Network | EH | AKX | ALPHA WING | 2002 | 2010 | Merged with Air Central and Air Next to form ANA Wings | |
| AirAsia Japan (Part 1) | DJ | WAJ | WING ASIA | 2011 | 2013 | Rebranded as Vanilla Air | |
| AirAsia Japan (Part 2) | DJ | WAJ | WING ASIA | 2017 | 2020 | ||
| ANA & JP Express | 9N | AJV | AYJAY CARGO | 2006 | 2010 | Merged into Air Japan | |
| Fuji Air Lines | 1952 | 1964 | Merged with Nitto Airlines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
| Fujita Airlines | 1956 | 1963 | Merged into All Nippon Airways | ||||
| Galaxy Airlines | J7 | GXY | GALAX | 2005 | 2008 | ||
| Harlequin Air | JH | HLQ | HARLEQUIN | 1997 | 2005 | Affiliate of Japan Air System, now part of Japan Airlines | |
| Imperial Japanese Airways | 1938 | 1945 | |||||
| Japan Airlines Domestic | JL | JFL | J-BIRD | 2004 | 2006 | Merged into Japan Airlines | |
| Japan Asia Airways | EG | JAA | ASIA | 1975 | 2008 | Merged into Japan Airlines | |
| Japan Domestic Airlines | 1964 | 1971 | Merged with Toa Airways to form Toa Domestic Airlines | ||||
| JAL Express | JC | JEX | JANEX | 1997 | 2014 | Integrated into Japan Airlines | |
| JALways | JO | JAZ | JALWAYS | 1991 | 2010 | Merged into Japan Airlines | |
| Japan Air System | JD | JAS | AIR SYSTEM | 1988 | 2004 | Rebranded as Japan Airlines Domestic | |
| Japan Air Transport | 1928 | 1938 | Merged into Imperial Japanese Airways | ||||
| Japan Universal System Transport | YU | JST | 1991 | 1996 | |||
| Kansai Airlines | |||||||
| Kyokushin Air | KOK | 2008 | |||||
| Link Airs | 2012 | 2014 | Went bankrupt and never launched | ||||
| Nakanihon Airlines | 1998 | 2005 | Commuter division of Nakanihon Air Service, rebranded as Air Central | ||||
| Nitto Airlines | 1955 | 1964 | Merged with Fuji Air Lines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
| North Japan Airlines | 1962 | 1964 | Merged with Fuji Air Lines and Nitto Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines | ||||
| Orange Cargo | ORJ | ORANGE CARGO | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Skynet Asia Airways | LQ | SNJ | 1997 | 2011 | Rebranded as Solaseed Air | ||
| Southwest Air Lines | NU | SWL | 1967 | 1993 | Rebranded as Japan Transocean Air | ||
| Toa Airways | TAW | TOA DOMES | 1953 | 1971 | Merged with Japan Domestic Airlines to form Toa Domestic Airlines | ||
| Toa Domestic Airlines | JD | TDA | 1971 | 1988 | Rebranded as Japan Air System | ||
| Vanilla Air | JW | VNL | VANILLA | 2013 | 2019 | Merged into Peach Aviation |
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