Five people who were on board the coastguard plane have died, AFP news agency quotes Japan’s transport minister as saying.
State broadcaster NHK has also reported five dead. The captain escaped but is severely injured, it adds.
It’s believed the coastguard aircraft, which was taking food to areas hit by Monday’s powerful earthquake, collided with the Japan Airlines plane as it landed on the runway.
Videos and images posted online show the Japan Airlines plane engulfed in flames on the runway, while footage from inside the aircraft shows passengers surrounded by thick smoke.
The plane had taken off from Sapparo on Hokkaido island, in northern Japan, and was due to land at Haneda Airport shortly before 18:00 local time (09:00 GMT)
The coastguard says how and when the two aircrafts clashed “is under investigation.”
All flights from Haneda Airport have been suspended.
BBC