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飯田市長、ＪＲ東海リニア説明会の張り紙に「強い違和感」　危険物「遠慮を」掲示で
JR Tokai Posts "Restrictive Practices" at Linear Briefing Site, Iida City Council Chairman: "We Don't Trust Residents".

The Iida Mayor feels "Strongly Uncomfortable" with Posting of Hazardous Materials "Please Refrain" at JR Tokai Linear Briefing


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A sign posted at a briefing session held by JR Tokai on September 7 in Iida City.
Translated from Japanese Source: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 2091601146 Accessed 2022-09-17



　JR Tokai has posted a notice asking residents not to bring in hazardous materials and not to act in a threatening manner during a briefing on the construction of a new station for the Linear Central Shinkansen Line in Iida City. At a regular press conference on January 6, Sato stated, "I myself felt a strong sense of discomfort. He pointed out that "people must have felt upset that we were looking at local residents in this way. He said he would ask the company to voluntarily reconsider its response.

　The posters were posted at the explanatory meetings held by the company in the city on March 7 and 8. They were intended for residents of Kamiigo Iinuma-Hojo and Zakouji, respectively. The company listed the following as acts for which they asked residents to "refrain": bringing hazardous materials, rallying, bringing placards and helmets, and wearing potholders' headbands.

　On the 27th, a construction briefing for residents of the entire Kaminogo area (Iinuma, Beppu, and Kuroda), where the station in the prefecture will be built, is scheduled to be held. The mayor said, "For JR Tokai, it may be that they have posted a sort of canned message," but he hoped that "JR Tokai will think about it and take appropriate measures in response to the points raised without my calling on them to do so. I hope that JR Tokai will think about it and take appropriate measures.

　He also pointed out that JR Tokai's media handling of the serious injury accident at the Ina Mountain Tunnel in Toyooka Village, Shimoina County, on August 8, which was not explained in any way, "feels a little out of place.

Translated from Japanese Source: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 2091601146 Accessed 2022-09-17

　JR Tokai has posted a sign asking residents not to bring in hazardous materials or act in a threatening manner at a briefing session for the new Linear Central Shinkansen station (Zakouji, Kamiigo Iinuma, Iida City). At a regular press conference held on February 2, 2012, company president Shin Kaneko stated, "We are doing this because we believe it is a necessary thing. We ask for your understanding," he said, indicating that he would not review the matter.

　The poster was posted at an explanatory meeting held by the company in Iida City on March 7 and 8. Participants voiced their doubts, saying that they did not trust the people who came to the meeting.

Source: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 2092300102 Accessed 2022-09-23

　JR Tokai once caused a problem when it posted a warning sign at a local residents' information meeting about the construction of a station in the prefecture for the Linear Central Shinkansen line.

The warning included bringing in hazardous materials, demonstrating, sit-ins and singing the Houka (Japanese national anthem). The letter listed a number of obstructive behaviours and prohibited them.

　There is no such behaviour among the residents. But they don't trust the people who come. Some have expressed doubts.

• 　There have been a number of work-related accidents during the construction of the Linear Line. But JR has not revealed this fact to the public.

• 　The large amount of spoil from tunnel excavation will fill valleys and streams in the future. JR has not been proactive in providing information about potential sites.

　The prefectural government is also unwilling to do so, and JR should explain the problem to the public.


　The structure of the project is such that it does not face the residents and puts the local community on the back burner. The background to this is the nature of the Linear Line, which is "privately operated under national policy.

Source: Translated info from Japanese Article: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 3021900034 Accessed: 19th February 2023