Survivors and victims' relatives mark 17 years since JR West derailment
JR West President Kazuaki Hasegawa and the other participants observed a moment of silence in front of the condominium building into which the train crashed.
Aiko Okazaki, one of the most seriously injured survivors of the deadly Amagasaki train derailment in Hyogo Prefecture in 2005, has taken a positive outlook on life since returning from the verge of death. A decade after the accident killed 107 commuters on the JR ...
Mere minutes after the Sagano Scenic Railway train leaves its terminus in the popular suburb of Arashiyama just outside Kyoto, civilization abruptly falls away. Behind us lies a metropolis of at least a million people; out the windows, the only signs of life are ...
60 hospitalized in food stall gas blast at Kyoto fireworks festival
At least 60 people, including small children, are rushed to hospitals in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, after a propane tank apparently exploded in a food stall just before a major fireworks festival was to start.
