By KAZUHIKO MATSUNAGA/ Staff Writer
June 8, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Police officers subdue a knife-wielding man in an emergency drill on a train at JR Tokushima Station in 2018. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
OSAKA--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) is developing an emergency alert system that can detect unusual noises on trains, such as screaming, and accelerate the process of securing passengers’ safety. [Read More]
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