"Giny" <g.speelman@GEENROTZOOIxs4all.nl> wrote in message news:<40df4cac$0$559$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
> 2 of our customers were in May in Miyajima and reported that there had been
> a serious accident with the cablecar.
> Several injured, maybe also deaths, but I did not see anything about this on
> JSTV here in Holland  (Japan satelite Television).
> 
> Does anyone of you know this accident?
> Is the reason known?
> Does anyone of you know whether cablecars are generally safe in Japan?
> 
> Giny
> Tozai Travel
> Amsterdam

According to this Japan Times article, the accident happened on May
6th. A man slighty injured his back, so the carnage was not on the
scale reported by your customers.
http://202.221.217.59/print/news/nn05-2004/nn20040507a7.htm

As for the safety of cable cars in Japan, I have ridden several and
survived with only light injuries to my wallet.

Mukade