Railway officials offered prayers Saturday for 107 victims of a train derailment 15 years ago in the western Japan city of Amagasaki as a memorial service was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.West Japan Railway Co. President Kazuaki Hasegawa laid flowers at a memorial built at the accident site in 2018 for mourners to pray for the dead. Last year's memorial service was attended by over 500 survivors and family members of the victims."We will continue to make improvements in our efforts to ensure safe operations as we deeply reflect on the accident and keep the important lessons from…READ FULL ARTICLE
