JR Kyushu May Withdraw from Japan-S. Korea Ship Route
Fukuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.
In August this year, JR Kyushu said that the subsidiary, JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc., had been covering up the water ingress, while operating the Queen Beetle high-speed passenger ship linking the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka and the South Korean city of Busan, for over three months.
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