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[Breaking News]20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

AMAGASAKI, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at 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. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at 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. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa speaks during a memorial ceremony at 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. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa (C) observes a moment of silence at 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. (Pool photo)

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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

West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa (C) observes a moment of silence at 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. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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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20th anniversary of train derailment in western Japan

A 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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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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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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S. Korea, Japan accident victims' families bring flowers

KOBE, Japan - Members of families who lost their loved ones in April's ferry accident in South Korea and in the 2005 derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line of West Japan Railway Co. in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, walk on Dec. 6, 2014, to the floral tribute stand for the train accident.

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Bereaved parents of S. Korean ferry tragedy visit Japan

KOBE, Japan - Parents (L, 2nd L) who lost their child in April's ferry accident in South Korea give a press conference in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2014, after meeting with a mother who lost her daughter in the 2005 train derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line of West Japan Railway Co., as well as others.

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Fukuchiyama hit by record rainfall

FUKUCHIYAMA, Japan - Rescue workers transfer an emergency patient in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014, as the road there was flooded by record rainfall.

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Fukuchiyama hit by record rainfall

FUKUCHIYAMA, Japan - Self-Defense Force personnel on Aug. 17, 2014, rescue residents in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, which was hit by a record rainfall.

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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 - 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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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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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a room at the Oe branch of the Fukuchiyama municipal office in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2013, a day after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a damaged road in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2013, a day after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooding in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2013, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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Typhoon hits Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooding in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2013, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi.

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Explosion at firework festival

FUKUCHIYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 16, 2013, shows firefighters and police investigators examining a stall where an explosion occurred the previous evening at a summer firework festival in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.

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Explosion at firework festival

FUKUCHIYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 16, 2013, shows a river bank where an explosion occurred the previous evening at a stall at a summer firework festival in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.

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Explosion at firework festival

FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto - Investigators examine past midnight of Aug. 15, 2013, a site where an explosion occurred that evening at a row of stalls at a summer firework festival in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture. Fifty-nine people were taken to hospital.

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Explosion at firework festival

FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto - Investigators examine Aug. 15, 2013, a site where an explosion occurred that evening at a row of stalls at a summer firework festival in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture. Fifty-nine people were taken to hospital.

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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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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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Monkey baby piglet rodeo

KYOTO, Japan - Visitors watch baby boar Uribo run with baby monkey Miwa tightly hanging on its back at a zoo in Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2010. Both four-months old and sheltered by the zoo after becoming motherless, the two have become seemingly inseparable since the zookeeper put them together in a cage in early August.

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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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Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yoda (L), president of GS Yuasa Corp., and Takeo Fukui, president of Honda Motor Co., shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for their joint venture plant to produce lithium batteries for hybrid cars in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 21.

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One-year anniversary of Amagasaki train derailment accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Poems commemorating the victims of a train derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, are displayed near the accident site on April 24, the one-year anniversary of the disaster which took the lives of 107 people.

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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)

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1st anniversary of fatal train crash in Amgagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - People visit a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25 to commemorate a fatal train crash there one year ago. A total of 106 passengers were killed after a commuter train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line derailed and crashed into a condominium, seen at left.

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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)

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1st anniversary of deadly train crash in Amgagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A woman writes a message April 25 on a board at JR Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on the first anniversary of a deadly train crash on the JR Fukuchiyama Line.

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One-year anniversary of Amagasaki train derailment accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Relatives pray for the victims of a commuter train derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, at the accident site on April 24, the one-year anniversary of the disaster which took the lives of 107 people.

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One-year anniversary of Amagasaki train derailment accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A woman wipes away her tears as she offers flowers at the accident site of a commuter train derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture on April 24, the one-year anniversary of the disaster which took the lives of 107 people.

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Memorial service held for 107 train derailment victims

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Members of bereaved families lay flowers during a memorial service for the 107 victims of a fatal derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture held near the accident site on Sept. 25.

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Memorial service held for 107 train derailment victims

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A memorial service was held on Sept. 25 for the 107 victims of a fatal derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, with the bereaved families and JR West executives praying for the dead together for the first time since the accident occurred on April 25.