Families, survivors mark 14th anniv. of fatal JR West derailment

Some 500 survivors and family members of victims of a 2005 train derailment that killed 107 people gathered Thursday to mark the 14th anniversary of the accident at a memorial ceremony held at the crash site for the first time.West Japan Railway Co. hosted the ceremony in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, with the company's president vowing to prevent a similar accident from ever occurring."We have renewed our determination that each one of our employees will create a safe and secure railway," JR West President Tatsuo Kijima said."It is our most important mission not to forget the accident, to k…READ FULL ARTICLE