Japan to ban passengers carrying knives onto trains

By KYODO NEWS, Bangkok Post; July 20, 2018

TOKYO: The Transport Ministry said on Friday that passengers will be prohibited from carrying unpacked knives onto trains as part of new security measures following a recent fatal stabbing rampage on a bullet train.

Station staff and conductors will be able to forcibly evict passengers with such knives on all types of trains under the new measures.

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