Japanese tour bus on its way to a ski resort crashes in the mountains - 14 killed

A Japanese tour bus that was on its way to a ski resort in central Japan crashed in the mountains - 14 killed, 27 injured. There were 41 people in the chartered bus including two drivers and 39 passengers and, it crashed at the Usui mountain pass heading to the popular Kita Shiga ski area. The drivers, who were taking turns to drive, were among the dead.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 14 January 2016.

It seems the bus had veered into the opposite lane near the famous resort town of Karuizawa, in Nagano prefecture, and then rammed through a guardrail and slid down the mountainside coming to rest on its side against some trees. The bus was bent in the middle. There was no snow or ice on the road surface in the area which is situated about 110 miles northwest of Tokyo.
Most passengers were ski enthusiasts aged 18 into their early 20s. The packaged ski tours come with overnight bus rides, lodging and lift tickets for around 12,000 yen ($100) and are very popular choice among college students.

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Two suicide deaths in Japan’s bullet train

Two people are reported to have died and many others injured following an apparent suicide bid in a bullet train in Japan – the dead are a man is his 70s and a woman. Another at least nine passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The man had doused himself in flammable liquid and lit a cigarette lighter to set the fire – at the time, the train was speeding through the Japanese countryside at up to 300km per hour.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 June 2015.

The train was a super-fast Nozomi bullet train and it was going from Tokyo towards Osaka when the fire broke out near Odawara, west of Tokyo.
It seems there was a blast heard from a toilet at the front of the train and the first carriage filled with smoke which led to one of the passengers to press the emergency stop button. Subsequently, it was known about the incident.
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Volcano erupts in Japan’s Mount Ontake – at least 30 feared dead

Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures about 130 miles west of Tokyo, erupted shortly before noon on Saturday and sent thick plumes of smoke and rocks into the air. Preliminary reports indicate that at least 30 people have died near the peak of the volcano in central Japan theguardian.com.
It erupted without any warning and scores of amateur climbers got trapped - a wide area was covered with thick ash and rescuers had discovered more than 30 people who were suffering from heart and lung failure.
The official confirmation that the victims are dead will be given only after doctors have examined the bodies. Nearly 250 people were near the 3,067-metre peak when the eruption occurred and most of them succeeded in making their way down the mountain to safety.
The mountain last had a major eruption in 1979 and is popular with weekend hikers, particularly in September and October when the autumn leaves are at their best. Due to this sudden eruption, flights at Tokyo’s Haneda airport were delayed because the planes had to change their routes to avoid the peak.