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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Lit candles are placed to form a sentence reading "Never forget" at a memorial event for the victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, on April 24, 2025, the eve of the 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Lit candles are placed to form a sentence reading "Never forget" at a memorial event for the victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, on April 24, 2025, the eve of the 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A woman prays at a memorial event for the victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, on April 24, 2025, the eve of the 20 anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers.

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Candles are lit at a memorial event for the victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, on April 24, 2025, the eve of the 20 anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers.

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Candles are lit at a memorial event for the victims of a train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, western Japan, on April 24, 2025, the eve of the 20th anniversary. A rush-hour commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium building, killing the driver and 106 passengers.

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Test flight of flying vehicle

A flying vehicle carries a rice bag weighing about 80 kilograms during a test flight in Amagasaki, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023, ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka when the vehicle will be flown to the expo venue.

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Test flight of flying vehicle

A flying vehicle carries a rice bag weighing about 80 kilograms during a test flight in Amagasaki, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023, ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka when the vehicle will be flown to the expo venue.

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9th anniversary of derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, the ninth anniversary of a train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, shows passengers praying on a train passing the site of the accident just before the time of day it occurred. The accident of the West Japan Railway Co. train on the Fukuchiyama Line claimed 107 lives.

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Derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows an aerial view of the derailment site of a West Japan Railway Co. train on the Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture on April 25, 2005. The accident claimed 107 lives.

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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2014 shows Nobuyo Otagaki, a female chief priest at the Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine, in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, performing a purification rite in the city in front of businesspeople to pray for prosperity in their businesses.

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2005 train derailment

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows a train crash at an apartment building after a derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2005, in which 107 people were killed. On Sept. 27, 2013, the Kobe District Court found three former heads of West Japan Railway Co. not guilty over the derailment.

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Tesla Model S

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the Model S, an electric vehicle of Tesla Motors Inc., in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 26, 2013, as the U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer held a demonstration ride for reporters on the Hanshin Expressway.

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Tesla Model S

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the interior of the Model S, an electric vehicle of Tesla Motors Inc., in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 26, 2013, as the U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer held a demonstration ride for reporters on the Hanshin Expressway.

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Derailment anniversary

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Many flowers are left at the site of a 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2013, on the eighth anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 107 people. A train of the JR Fukuchiyama Line is visible in the background.

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Derailment memorial

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Mourners join hands at the site of a train crash at an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2013, on the eighth anniversary of the 2005 derailment accident, in which 107 people were killed. In the background, a train of the JR Fukuchiyama Line can be seen.

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Derailment memorial

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A memorial ceremony is held in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2013, to mourn 107 people who were killed in a derailment in the western Japanese city in 2005, marking the eighth anniversary of the accident. At the podium is Seiji Manabe, president of West Japan Railway Co., operator of the train. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Panasonic eyeing withdrawal from plasma TV operations

AMAGASAKI, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s plasma display panel plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, being unveiled to reporters. Panasonic is considering withdrawing from plasma television operations possibly in fiscal 2014 as part of efforts to focus more on profitable products, corporate sources said on March 18, 2013.

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Japan general election eve

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, makes a stump speech in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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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

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

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

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

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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No appeal in 2005 train derailment disaster

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the scene of the April 25, 2005, derailment of a West Japan Railway Co. commuter train on the Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, that killed 107 people and injured 562. Prosecutors said on Jan. 25, 2012, they will not appeal against a Jan. 11, 2012, court verdict finding Masao Yamazaki, former president of the railway operator, not guilty of professional negligence.

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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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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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Nomura fails in bid for 2012 London Olympics

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Three-time Olympic judo champion Tadahiro Nomura speaks at a news conference at Baycom Multi-purpose Gymnasium in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011. Nomura's hope of competing in the 2012 London Games evaporated the same day after he lost in a quarterfinal match in the men's 60-kilogram class at a national corporate tournament.

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Families mark 6th anniv. of fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Bereaved families of the victims of a 2005 train derailment visit the accident site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, to commemorate the victims on April 25, 2011, the sixth anniversary of the tragedy in which 106 passengers and the driver were killed while 562 people were injured.

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Floral kanji of 'life' in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 24, 2011, shows the kanji for ''life'' formed by flowers in a field near the site of a fatal train accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, a day before the 6th anniversary of the West Japan Railway Co. derailment in which 106 passengers and the driver were killed and 562 people were injured.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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JR West blasted for poor mishap info handling

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Utsunomiya, head of the transport safety department at West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2010. Utsunomiya admitted that the company, known commonly as JR West, failed to make public 10 cases from 2005 to 2009 in which its trains went over the speed limit, activating the automatic train stopping system at the curve in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where a derailment killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Takayuki Sasaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks about a 2005 deadly accident involving his company's train in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. Sasaki pledged to improve safety measures ''in an unwavering manner'' on the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A woman cries in front of flowers dedicated to the victims of a 2005 train accident involving West Japan Railway Co. in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, on the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara visits the site of a 2005 deadly train accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara offers flowers on the fifth anniversary of a deadly train accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. A total of 107 people were killed in the accident involving West Japan Railway Co.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Passengers aboard a train of West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line offer prayers when the train passed the site of a 2005 deadly accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010, the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Takayuki Sasaki, president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks about a 2005 deadly accident involving his company's train in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. Sasaki pledged to improve safety measures ''in an unwavering manner'' on the fifth anniversary of the incident which killed 107 people.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - Children light candles for snow lanterns for victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010. The city of Kobe and its vicinity marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 6,400 people.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A girl offers a prayer near snow lanterns for victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010. The city of Kobe and its vicinity marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 6,400 people.

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New Party Nippon leader Tanaka in general election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, leader of the small opposition New Party Nippon, is photographed on arriving at his campaign office in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, after the House of Representatives election on Aug. 30.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka stumps in front of his office in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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JR Vice Chairman Sasaki to become president

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki (L), who is stepping down as president of West Japan Railway Co., and Vice Chairman Takayuki Sasaki, who will succeed Yamazaki, shake hands after a news conference in Osaka on July 10. Yamazaki expressed his intention to resign on July 8 after being indicted over the fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005.

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Ceremony marks 4th anniversary of deadly derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Masao Yamazaki offers flowers during a ceremony on April 25 in Amagasaki, Osaka Prefecture, to mark the fourth anniversary of a derailment that killed 107 people involving the company's train in the city.

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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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1st anniversary of deadly train crash in Amgagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Naho Asano, who lost her mother and aunt in a deadly train crash on the JR Fukuchiyama Line, delivers condolences April 25 during a ceremony in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, to commemorate the first anniversary of the accident. (Pool photo)