UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A school official responsible for the ill-fated mountaineering lesson at a ski resort in eastern Japan admitted Wednesday to a lapse in judgment in going ahead with an exercise that led to the deaths of seven students and a teacher in an avalanche.
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