JR West head indicates resignation

JR West head indicates resignation

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi attends a Diet committee session on May 17. Kakiuchi indicated he will resign to take responsibility for Japan's fourth-deadliest postwar train accident in Hyogo Prefecture in April 2005.

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