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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2020
Deaths caused by Japan's elderly drivers fell in 2019 from record to 401
The number of fatal traffic accidents per 100,000 license holders age 75 or older stood at 6.9 in 2019, down 1.3 from the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2020
Police crackdown nets over 15,000 tailgating violations across Japan in 2019
Police ticketed a total of 15,065 drivers for tailgating last year, up 2,040 or 15.7 percent from the previous year, due to increased efforts to tackle dangerous driving practices, police data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2020
Ex-top bureaucrat indicted over fatal 2019 car crash in Ikebukuro
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted an 88-year-old former senior bureaucrat on a charge of negligence resulting in death and injury over a fatal car accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district last year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2020
Peru highway crash involving bus kills at least 16, including two Germans
At least 16 people, including two Germans, died in a crash in southern Peru on Monday after a bus collided with other vehicles and rolled over, local police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2020
Traffic deaths in Japan hit record low in 2019
The number of deaths in traffic accidents across Japan last year fell to 3,215, the fewest since officials started compiling comparable data in 1948, according to a National Police Agency report.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2019
Police reconstruct fatal Yokohama collision between train and truck
Police investigators on Tuesday staged a reconstruction of a fatal accident in September that saw an express train collide with a delivery truck at a railway crossing in Yokohama.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / 2019 in Review
Dec 22, 2019
Japanese trends you couldn't have missed in 2019
Amid the hard news of the past year, there were some trends that lit up Japan's media offered the nation a sense of, if not a little hope, at least some relief.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2019
Tour bus firm ESP told to pay ¥88 million to kin of student killed in Nagano crash
The Saitama District Court ordered Friday a charter bus company and its president to pay about ¥88 million ($805,000) in damages to relatives of a university student who was killed along with 14 others in a crash in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2019
Elderly drivers in Japan would have to pass test to renew licenses under bill
The National Police Agency plans to submit the bill to revise the traffic law amid concerns over a rise in fatal crashes involving older drivers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2019
With eye on elderly, Japan to make automatic brakes mandatory for new cars from late 2021
Japan will oblige domestic automakers to have all new and remodeled passenger cars equipped with automatic brakes from November 2021 amid a rise in the number of accidents involving elderly drivers, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2019
Automakers in Japan to probe possible new problem in Takata air bags
The transport ministry said Friday it has ordered automakers to look into the safety of their products after a new problem seems to have been discovered in air bags produced by now-defunct Takata Corp.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2019
Tokyo High Court quashes fatal road rage ruling and jail term on technicality, sending case back
Driver Kazuho Ishibashi's notorious rest stop case will be reheard because the district court illegally overturned an opposing view expressed at a pretrial hearing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2019
Hato Bus driver arrested after coach rear-ends car at red light in Tokyo, killing chauffeur
A sightseeing bus plowed into the back of a chauffeur-driven car in central Tokyo on Wednesday, killing the sedan driver, who was in his 50s, and prompting police to arrest the bus driver at the site.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2019
Tougher penalties for smartphone use while driving take effect in Japan
Stronger penalties for using mobile phones behind the wheel take effect following an outcry from families who have lost loved ones in traffic accidents caused by such drivers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2019
Local governments in Japan adopt ordinances mandating bicycle insurance
A growing number of local governments are introducing ordinances to obligate bicycle riders and rental companies to take out liability insurance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2019
Tokyo police officer referred to prosecutors over car crash that left boy, 4, dead
A Tokyo policeman was referred to prosecutors Tuesday over the death of a 4-year-old boy after he was hit by the officer's patrol car in August.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
Japan aims to offer subsidies to elderly drivers for cars with safety systems
The government plans to subsidize the purchases of cars with extra safety functions for those age 65 or over as part of steps to reduce traffic accidents, sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2019
Amid favoritism uproar, ex-top Japan bureaucrat, 88, referred to prosecutors over deadly crash
Police on Tuesday referred to prosecutors the case of an 88-year-old former senior bureaucrat who was involved in a Tokyo car crash that left a toddler and her mother dead and prompted many elderly Japanese to surrender their driver's licenses for fear of causing a similar accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2019
Six, including four toddlers, injured in Tokyo after vehicle plows into pedestrians
The children, about 1 or 2 years old, suffered minor injuries, while two teachers were also taken to hospital, according to police.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2019
Japanese police want authority to revoke driver's licenses over road rage, source says
Revocations would be allowed for reckless driving to address public fears sparked by several road-rage cases over the past few years.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
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Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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