Shinkansen passenger fined for burns caused by sulfuric acid; company executive father and son fail to use proper container (Kyodo News)

On the 7th, the Sendai Summary Court issued a summary order to pay a fine of 500,000 yen each to two men, both company executives, who were summarily indicted on professional negligence resulting in injury for spilling sulfuric acid on a Tohoku Shinkansen train and causing burns to three passengers. The Sendai District Public Prosecutors Office announced this on the 9th. The two men were charged with the crime of professional negligence resultin…