JR West starts probing bullet train window crack

FUKUOKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) begins investigating on the afternoon of Jan. 9 in Fukuoka the cause of a crack found Jan. 8 in the windowpane in front of the driver's seat in a bullet train. The 1-meter-long vertical crack was found in the left half of the windowscreen, which appeared to have been hit by an unknown object.