Search fails to find missing JR Hokkaido president

I hope they find him alive. Nothing can be so bad to take one's own life. The loved ones left behind suffer more than he is/was.

Looks like Dream Beach was his last dream. Nobody died during that accident, so I can't understand why he wanted to commit suicide.

Japanese law states that the government gets half the deceased estate. Where is the body?

What law is that Asagao? I want to read up on it.

Nakajima has been under intense pressure since a JR Hokkaido train derailed and caught fire in a tunnel in May.

Could have avoided the intense pressure by proper, solid, humane workforce management that would have included effective training and education instead of ruthless disciplinary actions. By employing diligent hardworking, willing to learn and work maintenance staff for decent salaries, instead of being proud of producing high profit including his own skyrocketing salary at his workers expenses and in general, being able to recognize the difference between a boss and a leader and choosing the latter one for everybody's best benefit.

Sometimes life brings the pain home and suddenly they find themselves in cruel reality instead of their comforting and safe velvet armchair.

Than the world's sympathy goes out for the poor missing, fallen big boy, the JR Hokkaido president .

Not so mine, who cannot forget the hundreds of victims who could only thank their life to God or their good luck , when the driver delayed to open the door keeping the scared passengers captive in the cars in smoke and flames for prolonged time because of the order he got from his superiors from the control room, and not to the president and his yes men following his incompetent reign in the company.

Dear Mr. JR Hokkaido president, welcome back to reality and my heart still goes out for the victims in agonizing fear of death being locked in the burning cars, and sorry, not for you.

Japanese law states that the government gets half the deceased estate.

Inheritance tax law says that the tax rate is 50% less 4.5 million on an estate in excess of 300 million yen after the basic deduction of 50 million yen per estate + 10 million yen per legal beneficiary and any other deductions that may be applicable. Which means only the stinking rich pay 50%. And they can afford wily lawyers and accountants to bring that down further. It's simply not true that the government takes 50% of the estate across the board. I very much doubt many posters on JT need lose sleep worrying over this.

Maybe in a little wooden boat floating off the North Korean shoreline?

suicide is not the answer. its not his fault why it was derailed. and thank God nobody got killed unlike in the chinese shinkansen. there should be a regular checkup on the trains and tracks but its not his job. there must be someone pressuring him up to the point that he thinks its better to end his life... this is a really weird incident

In his absence, the remaining members of the board have announced their decision to present their improvement measures as scheduled on Friday.

Sounds like the board is the issue, they seemed to have wanted him gone.

A joint search conducted by the police, coast guard and 30 JR employees

He died the way he lived: as a general nuisance to society and his company. At least he was decent enough not to take anyone with him.

We are very sorry to here that, if he Suicide, this is not a joke...he is such a big boss...Certain people are with high self motivation to extremely high personal confidence, make feels them they are the absolute right and are not ready to accept mistakes shown . I am sorry to tell most Gaijins do not understand this kind of typical Japanese characters.

Chinchan ZuSep. 15, 2011 - 05:38PM JST

there should be a regular checkup on the trains and tracks but its not his job.

Exactly, that's what I am saying in my post too, that's what everybody says. How many people must die before these stubborn, blockheads, unconscionable execs eventually will be willing to spend money for safety check-ups and maintenance and staff. But, yes, it is the president's job to ordain, execute and organize the safety procedures/measures and relocate the budget for that. Then whose job is it if not the president's, specially in such a hierarchic society like Japan?

What does the article says?

In July, the transport ministry ordered JR Hokkaido to improve its safety procedures.

Now, posters say, every sane people say, the government says! What should be then the right way to make them understand and obey the rule? Isn't it still not enough. How many people should tell them and how many times before they understand and accept?

Skipping safety measures is common everywhere and as far as I see the execs' microscopic goodwill and their even smaller worry for human life as well as their tiny amount of responsibility, mental power and their poor understanding of the problem, my guess is that at least 63 000 academics should explain them for 560 years until they eventually will be capable to understand what their job is about.

Japan is the best. Instead of taking responsibility for their actions they just kill themselves.

TEPCO and Kan never killed themselves, that makes your comment pretty irrelevant....

miyazawa3Sep. 15, 2011 - 06:25PM JST

I am sorry to tell most Gaijins do not understand this kind of typical Japanese characters.

And I am sorry to say but most Japanese don't understand themselves, what they do and why they do that. After long years of conversations with Japanese, this impression has become fixed within me.

@The Munya Times And somehow you understnad Japanese people, yourselves and everyone around you ? Preach on dude, yes, you have an answer for everything, I"m sure. And I'm sure you do your job perfectly and never made any mistake in your entire life.

Preach on dude, yes, you have an answer for everything, I"m sure. And I'm sure you do your job perfectly and never made any mistake in your entire life.

Getting derisive and offensive toward me neither makes you smarter nor supports your point.

Failure to carry out obligatory maintenance works, failure to keep the safety regulation and to toe the line is not a mistake, it's professional negligence and neglect of duty, punishable by the law. Do they need the ministry to warn them and tell them what their duty is?

Giving order to the driver to not to open the door for prolonged time when the cars caught fire in the tunnel and locking up passengers in the tunnel in the burning cars is a crime.

Forgetting about the horror the victims went through and about their suffering in the burning cars deep in the tunnel and just escaping from responsibility even into suicide, if that is the case at all and he is not somewhere else enjoying his freedom is cowardice and unprincipledness . His death is not confirm yet. Escaping from court procedure and responsibility, not paying decent compensation to the victims is unprincipledness and a crime.

Just wanted to get it right.

@The Munya Times Well said! Completely agree. Too many have accepted this "shoganai" way of thinking. How does committing suicide fix anything? It is a waste of life. There are so many people in the world in worse situations that are struggling with all there power to live.