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JR Kyushu to Withdraw from Passenger Ship Operations

JR Kyushu to Withdraw from Passenger Ship Operations

   Fukuoka, Dec. 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, said Monday that it will withdraw from the passenger ship business operated by a subsidiary.
   The business is run by JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc., which covered up a water leak incident on its Queen Beetle high-speed passenger ferry linking Hakata Port in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and the city of Busan in South Korea.

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