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Karuizawa ski tour bus accident trial 2nd trial also results in prison sentence

Society 22/05/2026 NHK 👁 27
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Ten years ago, the president of a bus company and a former employee were charged with professional negligence resulting in death or injury in a ski tour bus accident that killed 15 people in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.The Tokyo High Court, which held the second trial, sentenced the president to three years in prison and the former employee to four years in prison, stating that it was "foreseeable that the driver would cause death or injury."

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