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Tokyo High Court upholds guilty verdict in 2016 Karuizawa crash
Filed: May 22, 2026 at 5:04 AM ET
Summary: Tokyo High Court upheld guilty sentences for a bus operator president and former employee over a 2016 ski tour bus crash.
WHO: Tokyo High Court
WHAT: Upheld guilty sentences for professional negligence resulting in death and injury in the 2016 ski tour bus crash
WHEN: May 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM ET
WHERE: Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
WHY: The court upheld lower-court guilty findings that the defendants could predict the accident.
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