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21st anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. holds a memorial ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of a fatal derailment in 2005 at the site of the accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. The JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment killed the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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21st anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Shoji Kurasaka, president of West Japan Railway Co., addresses a memorial ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of a fatal derailment in 2005 at the site of the accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. The JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment killed the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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21st anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Shoji Kurasaka, president of West Japan Railway Co., offers flowers at a memorial ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of a fatal derailment in 2005 at the site of the accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. The JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment killed the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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21st anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

Shoji Kurasaka (R), president of West Japan Railway Co., offers flowers at a memorial ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of a fatal derailment in 2005 at the site of the accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. The JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment killed the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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21st anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. holds a memorial ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of a fatal derailment in 2005 at the site of the accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2026. The JR Fukuchiyama Line derailment killed the driver and 106 passengers. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa bows to the bereaved family of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki during the memorial ceremony at the site of the accident on April 25, 2025, its 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 train crew member bows as his train passes near the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2025, its 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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19th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

People offer flowers at a monument set up near the site of a 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2024, its 19th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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19th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

People offer flowers at a monument set up at the site of a 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2024, its 19th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa offers flowers at a memorial built at the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a JR West train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

A train passes near the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

A train passes near the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

People observe a moment of silence near the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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18th anniv. of deadly train derailment in Amagasaki

People observe a moment of silence near the site of the 2005 fatal train derailment in the western Japan city of Amagasaki on April 25, 2023, its 18th anniversary. Over 100 passengers and the driver were killed when a West Japan Railway Co. train derailed along a curve and crashed into a condominium building.

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9th anniversary of derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Women hug each other in front of flowers offered at the site of a 2005 derailment of a West Japan Railway Co. train on the Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2014, the ninth anniversary of the accident that claimed 107 lives.

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9th anniversary of derailment in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe offers flowers at the site of a 2005 derailment of one of its train on the Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2014, the ninth anniversary of the accident that 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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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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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.

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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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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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Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and comedian Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (R) attend an event in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2011 to commemorate cumulative sales of Kirin's Nodogoshi Nama brand of beer-flavored drink surpassing 10 billion units in terms of 350-milliliter cans since its launch in April 2005. Yamaguchi appears in the product's TV commercials.

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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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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 - 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.