Kasai was one of the three key figures along with the former presidents of JR East and JR West who led the reform of Japan's railway system and breakup of the state-owned operator in 1987.
the tip of the iceberg. translation: where | live, j nobody talks about violence. it goes unnoticed and women stay silent because they are afraid of being assaulted again by their husbands. plus, there s nojustice, so there s no place to report these cases. now, a group of women in the city have created an app that could save the lives of those being assaulted. this is the sos button. when you log onto the app on your mobile phone, it requests three close contacts. the minute you experience violence, you press the sos button and those three people are notified that you re in trouble. the felisa yanapir app has been downloaded more than 500 time since it was launched in november last year. the aim is to let women know what their rights are and help them to find legal, psychological and physical assistance if they are in danger and to save lives. wendy urquhart, bbc news. and finally, japan s famous shinkansen bullet train service flouted its own rules
of the tunnel and bumped into her as barbara windsor was bringing her behind the bar. and from the square to the cobbles, prince charles made his soap debut 22 years ago. we ll never hear the last of this. on the live 40th anniversary episode of coronation street he was seen in footage on a fictional news bulletin. we just give this one a good yank, do we? camilla is also familiar with corrie. here she is in 2010 channelling her inner landlady, pulling pints in the rovers. cheers! you re a natural. back to the square, though. the duke and duchess will be making their starring role onjune the 2nd at the start of the long bank holiday weekend. rhaya barton, bbc news. and finall, japan s famous shinkansen bullet train service flouted its own rules at the weekend, allowing a special group of passengers to travel without the restrictions they would usually face. 21 dogs, who would normally
0n the live 40th anniversary episode of coronation street he was seen in footage on a fictional news bulletin. we just give this one a good yank, do we? camilla is also familiar with corrie. here she is in 2010 channelling her inner landlady, pulling pints in the rovers. cheers! you re a natural. back to the square, though. the duke and duchess will be making their starring role onjune the second at the start of the long bank holiday weekend. rhaya barton, bbc news. and finally japan s famous shinkansen bullet train service flouted its own rules at the weekend, allowing a special group of passengers to travel without the restrictions they would usually face. 21 dogs, who would normally have had to be taken on board the train inside pet carriers, were able to sit freely inside the carriages with their human companions. the high speed train took the canine commuters
bank holiday weekend. rhaya barton, bbc news. in football, manchester city have staged a thrilling comeback to win the english premier league. on the final day of the season, the defending champions scored a flurry of late goals to beat aston villa three two. the result sparked celebrations from a raucous home crowd. city s rivals for first place, liverpool, also won. but their three one victory over wolves wasn t enough to secure the title. at the bottom of the table, burnley were relegated. and success in italy for ac milan, who ve won their first italian serie a title in 11 years after a final day victory at sassuolo. fans took to the streets to celebrate ac milan beat sassuolo three nil to snatch the crown from local rivals inter milan. and finally japan s famous shinkansen bullet train service