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Japanese conductor Kakiuchi wins competition in France

BESANCON, France - Japanese conductor Yuki Kakiuchi receives applause after performing at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besancon, France, on Sept. 23, 2011. Kakiuchi, 33, won the top prize at the biennial competition.

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Japanese conductor Kakiuchi wins competition in France

BESANCON, France - Japanese conductor Yuki Kakiuchi receives applause after performing at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besancon, France, on Sept. 23, 2011. Kakiuchi, 33, won the top prize at the biennial competition.

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Shojiro Nanya (R), former chairman of West Japan Railway Co., and Takeshi Kakiuchi (L), former president of the company, offer flowers on the fifth anniversary of a deadly accident involving the company's train in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. A total of 107 people were killed in the incident.

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Yamazaki to head JR West, succeeding Kakiuchi

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Osaka on Dec. 26. Yamazaki will replace President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L) on Feb. 1.

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Yamazaki to head JR West, succeeding Kakiuchi

OSAKA, Japan - Takeshi Kakiuchi (L), president of West Japan Railway Co., announces his resignation at a press conference in the company's head office in Osaka on Dec. 26. Vice President Masao Yamazaki (R) will succeed Kakiuchi on Feb. 1.

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JR West holds shareholders' meeting

OSAKA, Japan - An image on a monitor shows West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi apologizing for the April 25 train derailment and crash on the company's Fukuchiyama Line during a shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 23.

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(3)JR West resumes service after fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi responds to questions from reporters at Amagasaki Station on June 19 after riding on a train which ran between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations on the Fukuchiyama Line in Hyogo Prefecture, for the first time since the April 25 fatal accident.

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(1)JR West resumes service after fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L on the train) salutes to express condolences June 19 to victims of the April 25 fatal derailment accident when a train passes the accident site. JR West resumed railway services the same day between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations on the Fukuchiyama Line in Hyogo Prefecture, which had been suspended following the accident.

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(1)JR West submits report on measures to enhance safety

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 31 after submitting a report on measures to enhance the safety of its train services to transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa.

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Transport minister Kitagawa inspects JR West

OSAKA, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L) visits West Japan Railway Co. in Osaka for an inspection on May 29 and called for measures to prevent a recurrence of the April 25 derailment -- Japan's worst train disaster in 40 years -- that claimed 107 lives. At right is JR West President Takeshi Kakiuchi.

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(1)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi delivers his condolences at a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25 where a train on the JR West Fukuchiyama Line was derailed and killed 107 passengers on April 25.

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JR West head indicates resignation

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi attends a Diet committee session on May 17. Kakiuchi indicated he will resign to take responsibility for Japan's fourth-deadliest postwar train accident in Hyogo Prefecture in April 2005.

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(1)JR West mulling setting up 3rd-party safety advisory committee

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi speaks in reply to questions at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on May 13. He said JR West is considering setting up a third-party advisory committee in revamping its corporate culture to place priority on safety following a fatal derailment on April 25.

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(2)JR West mulling setting up 3rd-party safety advisory committee

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, into which the first two cars of a packed commuter train rammed in a deadly accident on April 25. West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi said on May 13 that JR West will buy the building and erect a memorial for the victims there.

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JR West head tells staff to ensure safety

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi instructs staff to work together to prevent a recurrence of accidents at the company headquarters in Osaka on May 1, indicating he has no plans to resign over Japan's fourth deadliest postwar train accident on April 25.

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(5)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L) responds to questions from reporters on April 28 at a municipal gymnasium in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where bodies of the victims of the April 25 train derailment and crash are being kept. The commuter train derailed on the railway company's Fukuchiyama Line and slammed into an apartment building on April 25.

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JR West president meets press after accident

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (R) explains details of a derailment accident, which occurred on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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Kakiuchi to become JR West president April 1

OSAKA, Japan - Takeshi Kakiuchi (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 17. He will be promoted to president April 1, replacing Shojiro Nanya (L), who will become chairman.

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Kakiuchi hits RBI single

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions infielder Tetsuya Kakiuchi hits an RBI single to left off Orix Bluewave starter Masahiko Kaneda with two bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning at seibu Dome on April 10.

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Kakiuchi hits RBI single

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions infielder Tetsuya Kakiuchi hits an RBI single to left off Orix Bluewave starter Masahiko Kaneda with two bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning at seibu Dome on April 10.

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JR West president meets press after accident

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (R) explains details of a derailment accident, which occurred on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. (Kyodo)

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JR West head tells staff to ensure safety

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi instructs staff to work together to prevent a recurrence of accidents at the company headquarters in Osaka on May 1, indicating he has no plans to resign over Japan's fourth deadliest postwar train accident on April 25. (Kyodo)

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Yamazaki to head JR West, succeeding Kakiuchi

OSAKA, Japan - Takeshi Kakiuchi (L), president of West Japan Railway Co., announces his resignation at a press conference in the company's head office in Osaka on Dec. 26. Vice President Masao Yamazaki (R) will succeed Kakiuchi on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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Yamazaki to head JR West, succeeding Kakiuchi

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Osaka on Dec. 26. Yamazaki will replace President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L) on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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Transport minister Kitagawa inspects JR West

OSAKA, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L) visits West Japan Railway Co. in Osaka for an inspection on May 29 and called for measures to prevent a recurrence of the April 25 derailment -- Japan's worst train disaster in 40 years -- that claimed 107 lives. At right is JR West President Takeshi Kakiuchi. (Kyodo)

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JR West head indicates resignation

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi attends a Diet committee session on May 17. Kakiuchi indicated he will resign to take responsibility for Japan's fourth-deadliest postwar train accident in Hyogo Prefecture in April 2005.

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Tomony, Taisho Bank reach basic accord on business integration

Taisho Bank chief Masaaki Yoshida (L) and Tomony Holdings Inc. Chairman Shinichi Kakiuchi shake hands at a press conference in Osaka after announcing that the two banking concerns have reached a basic accord on business integration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West holds shareholders' meeting

OSAKA, Japan - A image on a monitor shows West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi apologizing for the April 25 train derailment and crash on the company's Fukuchiyama Line during a shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 23. (Kyodo)

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(1)JR West resumes service after fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L on the train) salutes to express condolences June 19 to victims of the April 25 fatal derailment accident when a train passes the accident site. JR West resumed railway services the same day between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations on the Fukuchiyama Line in Hyogo Prefecture, which had been suspended following the accident. (Kyodo)

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(3)JR West resumes service after fatal derailment

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi responds to questions from reporters at Amagasaki Station on June 19 after riding on a train which ran between Amagasaki and Takarazuka stations on the Fukuchiyama Line in Hyogo Prefecture, for the first time since the April 25 fatal accident. (Kyodo)

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(1)JR West submits report on measures to enhance safety

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 31 after submitting a report on measures to enhance the safety of its train services to transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa. (Kyodo)

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(1)Families pray for dead 1 month after deadly train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi delivers his condolences at a site in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 25 where a train on the JR West Fukuchiyama Line was derailed and killed 107 passengers on April 25. (Kyodo)

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(2)JR West mulling setting up 3rd-party safety advisory committe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, into which the first two cars of a packed commuter train rammed in a deadly accident on April 25. West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi said on May 13 that JR West will buy the building and erect a memorial for the victims there. (Kyodo)

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(1)JR West mulling setting up 3rd-party safety advisory committe

TOKYO, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi speaks in reply to questions at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on May 13. He said JR West is considering setting up a third-party advisory committee in revamping its corporate culture to place priority on safety following a fatal derailment on April 25. (Kyodo)

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(5)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

AMAGASAKI, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi (L) responds to questions from reporters on April 28 at a municipal gymnasium in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where bodies of the victims of the April 25 train derailment and crash are being kept. The commuter train derailed on the railway company's Fukuchiyama Line and slammed into an apartment building on April 25. (Kyodo)

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Japanese conductor Kakiuchi wins competition in France

BESANCON, France - Japanese conductor Yuki Kakiuchi receives applause after performing at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besancon, France, on Sept. 23, 2011. Kakiuchi, 33, won the top prize at the biennial competition. (Kyodo)

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Japanese conductor Kakiuchi wins competition in France

BESANCON, France - Japanese conductor Yuki Kakiuchi receives applause after performing at the International Competition for Young Conductors in Besancon, France, on Sept. 23, 2011. Kakiuchi, 33, won the top prize at the biennial competition. (Kyodo)

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5th anniv. of deadly Amagasaki train accident

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Shojiro Nanya (R), former chairman of West Japan Railway Co., and Takeshi Kakiuchi (L), former president of the company, offer flowers on the fifth anniversary of a deadly accident involving the company's train in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. A total of 107 people were killed in the incident. (Kyodo)

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Kakiuchi to become JR West president April 1

OSAKA, Japan - Takeshi Kakiuchi (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 17. He will be promoted to president April 1, replacing Shojiro Nanya (L), who will become chairman. (Kyodo)