Tokyu blames snow for train collision near Tokyo

Tokyu blames snow for train collision near Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Shiroishi (C), general manager of railway operator Tokyu Corp., and two other Tokyu officials bow during a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2014, following the commuter train collision at Motosumiyoshi station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. He said the brakes of the train that rear-ended another "were not as effective as expected due to the effects of snow."

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001193442
  • Registered date
  • 2014/2/15 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2835 × 1911 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 755.26(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    MSDF chief of staff Sakai

    MSDF chief of staff Sakai

    Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, after the Defense Ministry declared dead seven crewmen listed as missing following a collision between two Japanese MSDF patrol helicopters during a night drill in the Pacific Ocean in April.
      FSA to monitor effects of negative interest rate on banks: Aso

      FSA to monitor effects of negative interest rate on banks: Aso

      TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L) and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2016. Aso later told a press conference that the government will monitor the effects of the Bank of Japan's negative interest policy on financial institutions.
        FIBA official meets Japan sports minister on JBA reform

        FIBA official meets Japan sports minister on JBA reform

        TOKYO, Japan - Patrick Baumann (L), secretary general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), meets with sports minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to discuss proposed reform of Japan's basketball community. The two agreed to have sports ministry officials join a task force as observers to help lift a FIBA ban on the Japan Basketball Association's international competitions imposed for the JBA's failure to unify the domestic basketball world split into two leagues.
          Japan should follow "peaceful" path, China says

          Japan should follow "peaceful" path, China says

          BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2014, a day after Japan's ruling coalition marked a landslide victory in a general election. He urged Japan to remain a peaceful country.
            DPJ leader Kaieda says to resign over election loss

            DPJ leader Kaieda says to resign over election loss

            TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda attends a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2014, a day after he lost his own parliamentary seat in the general election. He said he will step down to take responsibility for the loss.
              Japan officials meet press in Lima

              Japan officials meet press in Lima

              TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Mizukoshi (C), deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry of Japan, speaks about Japan's contribution to the fight against global warming in developing nations at a press conference on Dec. 5, 2014, in Lima, Peru, where the U.N. climate change conference, COP20, is under way.
                Japan, N. Korea hold talks on 2nd day

                Japan, N. Korea hold talks on 2nd day

                PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (C), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, attends talks on the second of two days of discussions with North Korean officials on Oct. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, to hear about the remains of Japanese who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)
                  2 female ministers resign

                  2 female ministers resign

                  TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Midori Matsushima announces her resignation due to a money scandal, at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Matsushima distributed paper fans to voters in her electoral district, a possible violation of the election law.
                    Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

                    Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

                    TOKYO, Japan - Lee Sang Deok (C), director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, meets the press after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart, Junichi Ihara, at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Lee and Ihara discussed a possible foreign ministerial meeting between the two countries on the sidelines of annual gatherings of the U.N. General Assembly in New York the following week, according to a Japanese official.
                      Japan hangs 2 inmates

                      Japan hangs 2 inmates

                      TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, on the execution of two death row inmates he ordered earlier that day. Japan hanged two death row inmates in the 10th and 11th executions since the December 2012 launch of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's current government.