Fukuchiyama Line derailment in the city of Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, claimed 107 lives and injured more than 560 others.

Friday marks 20 years since a passenger train derailed in western Japan, killing more than 100 people. Families of victims, ...

Seven major railway operators in Japan do not impose disciplinary action for driver error under their internal systems, a ...

AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Prefecture—Bereaved families ... 25 at a memorial facility built on the accident site. A speeding train derailed after failing to navigate a tight curve along the JR Takarazuka ...

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 Friday morning. On ...

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025 ...