JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

OKAYAMA, Japan - Shojiro Nanya, president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), gives instructions to workers on the night of Nov. 12 before they start full-fledged inspections of tunnels on the Sanyo Shinkansen line linking Osaka with Fukuoka. JR West is inspecting all 142 tunnels along the line in an effort to prevent the recurrence of recent accidents in which concrete slabs fell from the wall of the Fukuoka and Kitakyushu tunnels, railway officials said.

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