Japan luxury train halts trip after crew caught drinking alcohol beyond allowable limit

The journey of two nights and one day on the swanky Train Suite Shiki-shima includes among other things, in-train dinner with French cuisine, expensive wines and a winery visit. - YouTube

TOKYO: The operator of a Japanese luxury sleeper train said it has scrapped an upcoming journey after discovering its crew had been liberally helping themselves to alcohol in the name of "quality control" for years.

"Some of the crew were repeatedly drinking more than they were allowed to as part of their routine quality control testing," said a subsidiary of the East Japan Railway Company, commonly known as JR East.