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Japan to offer support in probing China's fatal train accident
TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo -
Japan is ready to offer technical assistance in probing the cause of Saturday's fatal bullet train accident in China and studying preventive measures, Cabinet ministers said Tuesday.
''If China asks for our technical support in investigating the cause of the accident, we are willing to offer it,'' Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said during a press conference.
Transport minister Akihiro Ohata said at a news conference, ''We have received support from China following the Great East Japan Earthquake, so we'd like to extend help to the country if possible.''
Ohata also expressed hope that the Chinese government will take appropriate steps ''in view of saving people's lives,'' when asked about Beijing's initial attempt to bury the wreckage of the front coach of a high-speed train that smashed into the rear of a stalled train.
At least 39 people were killed and about 190 others injured in the collision of the two bullet trains on an elevated railway in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday evening.
Chinese authorities dug up the buried wreckage Tuesday, following criticism of their apparent bid to destroy evidence related to the deadly collision.
Japan is ready to offer technical assistance in probing the cause of Saturday's fatal bullet train accident in China and studying preventive measures, Cabinet ministers said Tuesday.
''If China asks for our technical support in investigating the cause of the accident, we are willing to offer it,'' Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said during a press conference.
Transport minister Akihiro Ohata said at a news conference, ''We have received support from China following the Great East Japan Earthquake, so we'd like to extend help to the country if possible.''
Ohata also expressed hope that the Chinese government will take appropriate steps ''in view of saving people's lives,'' when asked about Beijing's initial attempt to bury the wreckage of the front coach of a high-speed train that smashed into the rear of a stalled train.
At least 39 people were killed and about 190 others injured in the collision of the two bullet trains on an elevated railway in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday evening.
Chinese authorities dug up the buried wreckage Tuesday, following criticism of their apparent bid to destroy evidence related to the deadly collision.
