In Japan, the customer has long been regarded as akin to royalty, but the tradition appears to have found its limits, with both authorities and service-sector firms recognizing the need to start protecting staff from overbearing or abusive behavior from members of the public. Kasu-hara has become Japanese slang for…
West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a fatal train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, attended a memorial service on Thursday morning. On April 25, 2005, a speeding train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line jumped the tracks on a tight bend during…
West Japan Railway Co (JR West) officials, survivors and relatives of victims of a fatal train derailment in 2005 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, attended a memorial service on Thursday morning. On April 25, 2005, a speeding train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line jumped the tracks on a tight bend during…
NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture Commuters and railway workers here cheered as Noto Railway Co. partially resumed operations on Feb. 15, more than six weeks after the New Year’s Day earthquake damaged its tracks.