Public prosecutors on Friday decided not to indict any of the 10 people accused of professional negligence over the collapse of an expressway tunnel that killed nine people and injured three others in Yamanashi Prefecture in December 2012. The Kofu District Public Prosecutor's Office found ...
141 bridges in need of urgent safety measures, government says
A government survey has found that 141 bridges and six tunnels across Japan were in need of urgent safety measures due to risks associated with age. Safety measures such as restricting traffic or outright closure have already been taken for all of the bridges and ...
Court orders operators to pay damages over 2012 tunnel collapse deaths
A Nagoya-based expressway operator and a subsidiary are ordered to pay around ¥440 million in damages to the families of five of the nine people killed when the concrete ceiling in the Sasago Tunnel collapsed three years ago.
Sasago Tunnel victims urge greater focus on aging infrastructure
Three years after the deadly collapse of a road tunnel, families of the people who died have urged greater attention to aging infrastructure nationwide. A false ceiling in a highway tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture collapsed in December 2012, crushing vehicles. Pins holding concrete panels in ...
A group of parents filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking ¥890 million in damages from Central Nippon Expressway Co., operator of a tunnel that collapsed in December and killed nine people. In the suit filed at the Yokohama District Court, the families of five of the ...
