FEATURE: S. Korea, Japan accident victims' families promote support, exchanges

Since the Seoul Halloween crowd crush in October last year, exchanges have gotten under way between bereaved family members in South Korea and Japan to glean lessons from the deadly accident and other such incidents that have occurred in recent years in both countries to prevent future tragedies.An interview by South Korean reporters of a family member of a victim who died in the pedestrian bridge accident in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2001, led to the exchanges. Now, their goal is to further improve cooperation to learn the facts behind such accidents.In January, Seiji Shimomura of Kobe,…READ FULL ARTICLE