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Words and phrases

JR–|ÈÕ±¾(¤Ò¤¬¤·¤Ë¤Û¤ó) East Japan Railway

4ÈÕ (¤è¤Ã¤«) the 4th

ëŠÜ‡ÄÚ (¤Ç¤ó¤·¤ã¤Ê¤¤) inside a train car

³Õh(¤Á¤«¤ó)¤ËÔâ(¤¢)¤¦ to encounter a molester (to be molested)

±»º¦Õß (¤Ò¤¬¤¤¤·¤ã) victim

¥¹¥Þ©`¥È¥Õ¥©¥ó smartphone

ŒŸÓÃ(¤»¤ó¤è¤¦)¥¢¥×¥ê special-purpose app

¡«¤«¤é ... ¤Ë from¡« to ...

܇կ (¤·¤ã¤·¤ç¤¦) conductor

ͨˆó(¤Ä¤¦¤Û¤¦)¤¹¤ë to dispatch, notify

ÐÂ(¤¢¤é)¤¿¤Ê new

¥·¥¹¥Æ¥à system

ŒgÔ^ŒgòY (¤¸¤Ã¤·¤ç¤¦¤¸¤Ã¤±¤ó) trials, demonstrative experiment

\(¤Î)¤ê³ö(¤À)¤¹ to embark on, launch

°k±í(¤Ï¤Ã¤Ô¤ç¤¦)¤¹¤ë to announce

¥¿¥Ö¥ì¥Ã¥È¶ËÄ©(¤¿¤ó¤Þ¤Ä) tablet terminal

´_ÕJ(¤«¤¯¤Ë¤ó)¤¹¤ë to confirm

·ÅËÍ (¤Û¤¦¤½¤¦) announcement

×¢Òâ(¤Á¤å¤¦¤¤)¤òºô(¤è)¤Ó’ì(¤«)¤±¤ë to call attention to

2Ô (¤Ë¤¬¤Ä) February

ÏÂÑ® (¤²¤¸¤å¤ó) end of the month

¡«¤«¤é from ¡«

ˆÎ¾©¾€ (¤µ¤¤¤­¤ç¤¦¤»¤ó) Saikyo Line

´óŒm (¤ª¤ª¤ß¤ä) Omiya

ÐÂËÞ (¤·¤ó¤¸¤å¤¯) Shinjuku

´óŒm(¤ª¤ª¤ß¤ä)¡ªÐÂËÞég(¤·¤ó¤¸¤å¤¯¤«¤ó) the area between Omiya and Shinjuku

ʼ(¤Ï¤¸)¤á¤ë to start

»ìëj(¤³¤ó¤¶¤Ä)¤·¤¿ to be congested

±»º¦ (¤Ò¤¬¤¤) harm, damage

¼´×ù(¤½¤¯¤¶)¤Ë immediately

Ö܇ì (¤·¤å¤¦¤¤) periphery, surroundings

\¿Í (¤¸¤ç¤¦¤­¤ã¤¯) passengers

°kÉúÇéˆó (¤Ï¤Ã¤»¤¤¤¸¤ç¤¦¤Û¤¦) incident notification

¡«Çéˆó(¤¸¤ç¤¦¤Û¤¦)¤ò»(¤Ä¤¿)¤¨¤ë¤³¤È¤Ç by conveying information to¡«

·¸ÈË (¤Ï¤ó¤Ë¤ó) perpetrator, criminal

ÒÖÖ¹„¿¹û (¤è¤¯¤·¤³¤¦¤«) deterrent effect

¡«¤È¤¹¤ë¾Ñ(¤Í¤é)¤¤ attempt to¡«

ßmÇÐ(¤Æ¤­¤»¤Ä)¤Ê pertinent

¥¢¥Ê¥¦¥ó¥¹ announcement

ÄÚÈÝ (¤Ê¤¤¤è¤¦) content

°²¶¨ÐÔ (¤¢¤ó¤Æ¤¤¤»¤¤) stability

¤Ê¤É and others

—ÊÔ^(¤±¤ó¤·¤ç¤¦)¤¹¤ë to check

Œ§Èë (¤É¤¦¤Ë¤å¤¦) introduction, importation

•rÆÚ (¤¸¤­) time period

Ô‘(¤Ä)¤á¤ë to shorten, pack; but in this case it is used to mean ¡°discuss details thoroughly¡±

Éî›gµv¶þ (¤Õ¤«¤µ¤ï¤æ¤¦¤¸) Yuji Fukasawa

ÉçéL (¤·¤ã¤Á¤ç¤¦) company president

·À·¸(¤Ü¤¦¤Ï¤ó)¥«¥á¥é security camera

‰ˆÔO (¤¾¤¦¤»¤Ä) increase, extension

Œ²ß (¤¿¤¤¤µ¤¯) countermeasure

ßM(¤¹¤¹)¤á¤ë to implement, move something forward

²ÐÄî(¤¶¤ó¤Í¤ó)¤Ê¤¬¤é unfortunately

œp(¤Ø)¤ë to decrease

´Î(¤Ä¤®)¤ÎÊÖ(¤Æ) next move

Ô’(¤Ï¤Ê)¤¹ to say

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Translation

East Japan Railway Co. announced on the 4th that it will launch trials of a new system in which victims who encounter molesters on trains can notify the conductor from a special-purpose app on their smartphones. The conductor who confirms the notification from a tablet terminal then makes an announcement to call attention (to the incident). The trials will start late February on the JR Saikyo Line (between Shinjuku and Omiya stations).

The new system will immediately send notifications of harm in congested train cars, conveying incident notices to surrounding passengers in an attempt to have a deterrent effect on perpetrators. Through trials, pertinent content for announcements, the application¡¯s stability and so on will be verified, and the timing of its introduction will be discussed further in detail.

JR East President Yuji Fukasawa said, ¡°We have moved ahead with countermeasures (against molestation) such as increasing security cameras, but unfortunately there was no decrease in injury. This experiment is our next step.¡±

Answers

1) How does the new system deter molestation on trains?

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The victim on the train notifies the conductor via a special-purpose smartphone app and the conductor makes an announcement to inform other passengers.

2) What will be conducted before the introduction of the system?

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Trials to determine pertinent content for the announcement and to check the stability of the app.

3) What kind of countermeasures against molesters has East Japan Railway implemented so far?

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It increased security cameras and so on.