ILEA000024039: Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry to begin handling single-employer workers' compensation

The lone worker's accident insurance for lone workers started by the Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry is available to lone workers in the construction industry. Members of the chamber will be asked to join the chamber's construction workers' accident compensation union and will be covered by the national workers' accident insurance. In addition to the chamber's annual membership fee, the annual fee is 5,000 yen and the annual premium depends on the basic daily benefit amountto be paid when the worker is unable to work. If the basic daily benefit amount is 3,500 yen, the annual premium is 22,986 yen, and if it is 25,000 yen, the annual premium is 164,250 yen. Takaji Hashimoto, executive director of the chamber, said, "We hope that people will protect themselves (by joining the lone worker's accident insurance) and take a system that will enable them to sustain their businesses. (March 3, 2020, Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Royal Holdings' Disaster Relief Cooking Truck

Bringing the taste of in-flight meals to disaster relief. Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. has introduced a "food truck (photo)" to provide meals in times of disaster, using a renovated two-ton truck equipped with a kitchen function. The company plans to use the two-ton truck as a kitchen to provide rapid support in the affected areas. The food truck is capable of cooking up to 800 meals per hour of food produced in its own central kitchen. We have been providing meals in the event of a disaster, but we are now working to create a system that will allow us to move more flexibly. The truck is equipped with an oven and a gas stove, and is designed to serve food similar to the in-flight meals supplied to airlines, but for a smaller number of people. The investment, including renovation costs, was about 15 million yen. The company hopes to contribute to disaster relief through hot meals. (August 5, 2019, Royal Holdings Headquarters, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Picking solution robot that Nippon Express aims to put to practical use

Nippon Express will commercialize a collaborative picking solutionfor logistics warehouses by the end of fiscal 2019, using robots (photo) from Rapyuta Robotics (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Rapyuta Robotics). The company conducted a demonstration at its own distribution warehouse in June. Another demonstration experiment will be conducted in September with the aim of putting the system into practical use. The Laputa robot is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that assists people in their picking work. The core of the technology is the control and management of multiple robots in accordance with the progress of the work. The robots move along the aisles of the product shelves, show the workers the items to be removed from the shelves, and then transport the removed items. This reduces the range of movement for the worker, leading to reduced workload and time savings. (= July 12, 2019, photo location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Taiyo Kogyo's COOL MQ Tent for Heat Stroke Prevention

Taiyo Kogyo has released the "COOL MQ" heat stroke prevention tent to protect outdoor workers from the harsh midsummer heat. The company's existing emergency air tent, which stands up in about one minute, is now equipped with a heat-shielding and heat-insulating sheet. A special air conditioner keeps the temperature in the center of the tent at minus 5 degrees Celsius compared to the outside temperature even when the temperature exceeds 35 degrees Celsius. The main unit price is 1,110,000 yen for 3-6 people (excluding the dedicated air conditioner and consumption tax). Photo taken on May 15, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

NTT unveils system to locate workers' whereabouts

OSAKA, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. unveils in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015, a system to locate the whereabouts of people involved in athletic and other events by means of a global position system on smartphones. The system shows the locations of staff and other data on maps displayed on smartphone and personal computer screens. (Kyodo)

Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L) prays during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. The 13 victims included Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, who was an official at Kasumigaseki station at the time and died after disposing of a plastic bag containing sarin in liquid form. (Pool photo)

Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo subway workers offer silent prayers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. Top members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, released sarin at five stations on three central Tokyo subway lines. The attack took the lives of 12 people, including two subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station, and left over 5,500 sickened.

12th anniversary of sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station employees of Tokyo Metro Co. offer prayers for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, the 12th anniversary of the attack.

15th anniversary of fatal Shiga train collision marked

KOGA, Japan - Mourners lay flowers during a memorial service in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, on May 14 to mark the 15th anniversary of a fatal train collision between a JR West train and a Shigaraki Kogen Railway train that killed 42 people and injured more than 600. Participants observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims.

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo observe a minute of silence to mark the ninth anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, in which 12 people were killed and thousands were injured. (Kyodo)

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