Memorial service held for 107 victims of 2005 fatal train derailment in Hyogo
by Japan Today
Japan Today— West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a fatal train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, attended a memorial service on Thursday morning. On April 25, 2005, a speeding train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line jumped the tracks on a tight bend during
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