JR West to fire 2 execs for treatment of accident probe

Friday 23rd October, 11:36 AM JST

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IvanCoughalot at 02:22 PM JST - 23rd October

At first glance, I thought this might be a refreshing tatse of accountability. Then I read it more closely:

plans to effectively dismiss

Not dismiss. "to effectively dismiss". What's the betting this will involve different wording on a meishi, and a replacement sinecure as a "consultant" on the same pay, sitting in the same office, doing precisely the same amount of sod all?
neverknow2 at 02:29 PM JST - 23rd October

I think the above post is correct.
sakurasuki at 03:00 PM JST - 23rd October

scape goat, that's all it takes!
LFRAgain at 03:12 PM JST - 23rd October

IvanCoughalot,

You took the words right from my keyboard. This story would be far more interesting if we didn't already know that there is no such thing as real termination for executives in these cases, particularly when it comes to semi-governmental corporate monoliths like JR. Do recall how NHK handled its in-house corruption with an official who embezzled millions of yen for personal use just a few years back. He ultimately ended up with a cushy, high-paying “consultant” job for NHK.
smithinjapan at 05:29 PM JST - 23rd October

Bingo, Ivan. What's more, JR seems to feel this is letting them off the hook for what they caused.
dontpanic at 07:51 PM JST - 23rd October

Wonder why the police arent inviolved? Surely you have the failure of a goverment official and two guys attempting to avoid prosecution by subverting the process? These are crimes in anyones book.
eigonosensei at 09:55 PM JST - 23rd October

I've seen more unicorns and space aliens than Japanese "publio outcry" in my life.
eigonosensei at 11:27 PM JST - 23rd October

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Hephatsheput at 04:48 AM JST - 24th October

Hopefully they got fat retirement bonuses.
Alan at 05:34 AM JST - 24th October

Decisions made by these and other JR executives about train timetables and safety equipement ultimately led to the tragic accident. The people concerned then demonstrated their lack of remorse by interfering in the investigation. They should be transferred to new jobs in a prison laundry, and they should stay there till the people killed in that accident stop being dead.