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JR West promotes train rides for senior travelers

OSAKA, Japan - Actress Ran Ito (R) poses with West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe in Osaka on Dec. 17, 2014, at a press conference announcing the launch of a campaign to promote train rides for travelers aged 50 and over in 2015 by discounting tickets for Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains.

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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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JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka, western Japan, on July 5, 2013. He said the company known as JR West is considering running luxury sleeper carriages for trips of a few days covering Kyoto, Hiroshima and elsewhere in the region in fiscal 2017.

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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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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Takayuki Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, shakes hands with President Takayuki Sasaki at the headquarters of the company in Osaka on April 27, 2012. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Sasaki, who will become chairman.

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JR West slaps execs with pay cuts over fatal 2005 derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks during a news conference in Osaka on July 23. He said the company will punish 26 executives with pay cuts of as much as 30 percent over the 2005 train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, which left 107 people dead and 562 injured.

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Japan marks 11th anniversary of deadly train derailment

West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe lays flowers in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2016, the 11th anniversary of a train derailment on the Fukuchiyama Line that claimed 107 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Survivors, bereaved families mark 10th year since deadly derailment

Seiji Manabe, president of West Japan Railway Co., delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony in the city of Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2015 to mark the 10th anniversary of a fatal train derailment in the western Japanese city that took the lives of 106 passengers and the driver. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012. (Kyodo)

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe (R), vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, shakes hands with President Takayuki Sasaki at the headquarters of the company in Osaka on April 27, 2012. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Sasaki, who will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Manabe to become West Japan Railway president

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., known as JR West, at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka. The company said the same day that Manabe will be appointed president on May 1, succeeding Takayuki Sasaki, who will become chairman. (Kyodo)