HIGASHISONOGI, Nagasaki — A new model of bullet train set to debut on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line’s soon-to-open Nagasaki route has received an enthusiastic welcome upon their arrival in this southwest Japanese town, where large trailers took them from a port to a train depot on early Jan. 10. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen line, also…
Hitachi Ltd. will become the first Japanese company to build next-generation high-speed trains in Europe, announcing Thursday its involvement in a deal to build and maintain trains for the High Speed Two (HS2) railway project in Britain. A fifty-fifty joint venture between Hitachi Rail Ltd., the Japanese conglomerate’s subsidiary, and its French partner Alstom has…
A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan. Michael Taylor was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, while his son Peter was sentenced to one year and eight months. They were charged with…
The Fukuoka Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency (Mainichi/Yusaku Yoshikawa) FUKUOKA — Localized heavy rain lashed parts of the northern Kyushu region on the morning of July 9, prompting authorities to issue a landslide warning for the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The heavy rainfall, brought by a seasonal rain front, had reached…
The fastest train the world had ever seen was launched in Japan in 1964. The first Shinkansen, or bullet train, ran between Tokyo and Osaka and had a top speed of 210km per hour. Isao Makibayashi, one of the train’s first drivers, spoke to Witness History about his excitement at working on the bullet…
The Golden Week holiday period began in earnest on Saturday, with the first day of five consecutive vacation days relatively quiet in major areas as measures against COVID-19 dissuaded many people from traveling. With Tokyo now under a third state of emergency following a resurgence of infections, large shopping facilities remain closed and there were…
