JR Vice Chairman Sasaki to become president

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. Vice Chairman Takayuki Sasaki speaks at a news conference in Osaka on July 10 after being approved as next president to succeed Masao Yamazaki. Yamazaki is stepping down after his indictment July 8 over the fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005.

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