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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held to commemorate a fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building.

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building (back).

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A woman touches scratches of an apartment building at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into the apartment building beside the track.

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki offers flowers at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding JR West train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track.

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wipes away tears at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track.

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A conductor salutes in a train passing the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track.

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 24, 2012, shows the site of an April 25, 2005, fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building (C).

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Flowers laid at 2005 fatal train derailment site

Flowers laid at 2005 fatal train derailment site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 25, 2012, shows flowers and other items offered at the site of a fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005. The accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line claimed the lives of 107 people and injured 562 others.

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Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

AMAGASAKI, Japan - People offer prayers for the victims of the 2005 West Japan Railway Co. fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, at a place near the accident site on April 25, the second anniversary of the accident which took the lives of 107 people, including the train driver, and injured 562 others.

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Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., delivers his apologies during a ceremony at the Amagasaki Cultural Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24 to mark the second anniversary of the fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki which killed 107 people and injured 562 others. (Pool photo)

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Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., delivers his apologies during a ceremony at the Amagasaki Cultural Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24 to mark the second anniversary of the fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki which killed 107 people and injured 562 others. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

Kin mark 2nd anniversary of JR West train disaster

AMAGASAKI, Japan - People offer prayers for the victims of the 2005 West Japan Railway Co. fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, at a place near the accident site on April 25, the second anniversary of the accident which took the lives of 107 people, including the train driver, and injured 562 others. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held to commemorate a fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building (back). (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki offers flowers at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding JR West train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 24, 2012, shows the site of an April 25, 2005, fatal derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building (C). (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A woman touches scratches of an apartment building at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into the apartment building beside the track. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wipes away tears at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki (3rd from R front) and other officials observe a moment of silence at an altar at the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding JR West train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track. (Kyodo)

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7 years after derailment

7 years after derailment

OSAKA, Japan - A conductor salutes in a train passing the site of a fatal derailment accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2012, seven years after the incident. A total of 107 people died and 562 others were injured as a speeding West Japan Railway train derailed at a curved section of track and crashed into an apartment building beside the track. (Kyodo)

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Flowers laid at 2005 fatal train derailment site

Flowers laid at 2005 fatal train derailment site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 25, 2012, shows flowers and other items offered at the site of a fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005. The accident on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line claimed the lives of 107 people and injured 562 others. (Kyodo)

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Ex-railway chief acquitted

Ex-railway chief acquitted

TOKYO, Japan - Former West Japan Railway Co. President Masao Yamazaki enters the Kobe District Court in western Japan on Jan. 11, 2012. The court found him not guilty of professional negligence with regard to safety measures in connection with a 2005 train derailment in Hyogo Prefecture that killed 107 people and injured 562 others. (Kyodo)

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