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Japan rail firm switches on 'drunk spotting' cameras

Published Wed, Aug 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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Tokyo

A JAPANESE railway company is turning to cameras as a way to spot drunken behaviour and keep late-boozing patrons from tumbling onto the tracks, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

West Japan Railways (JR West) has installed nearly 50 closed-circuit television cameras at its Kyobashi train station in Osaka to stop accidents that frequently involve legions of late-drinking "salarymen".

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