Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) on Wednesday conducted its first drill involving a knife-wielding attacker on a bullet train following a deadly rampag
SHIZUOKA – Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) on Wednesday conducted its first drill involving a knife-wielding attacker on a bullet train following a deadly rampage on a shinkansen train in June.
Based on the scenario that a knife-wielding man is in a train car, members of the crew armed with shields approached the perpetrator from both the front and rear of the car, and security officials subdued him with a two-pronged weapon commonly used by police.
The drill was carried out at a stockyard in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture.
This month JR Tokai began installing shields and sprays on bullet train cars operating on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and is expected to complete the installation by the end of this year.
In the wake of the June attack, the operator has been beefing up security measures by bolstering patrols and introducing a new smartphone group chat system for crew members to swiftly share information.
