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TOKYO: Top executives of a Japanese rail company will take pay-cuts of up to 50 per cent for three months to take responsibility for last month's deadly train derailment, the company announced on Thursday. Shojiro Nanya, chairman of West Japan Railway Co., and President Takeshi Kakiuchi, will begin forfeiting their pay starting in June, said a West Japan spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity. The West Japan Railway commuter train jumped the tracks during morning rush hour on April 25 and slammed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, about 400 km west of Tokyo, leaving 107 dead — Japan's worst train accident in four decades. Investigators believed the train's 23-year-old driver, who was among the dead, was far exceeding the speed limit. Train drivers face pressure to keep to timetables in Japan, which is famous for its punctual rail service. — AP
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