Falling ridership is putting pressure on JR Hokkaido to close underutilized local lines even as it struggles to complete the ...

East Japan Railway says it will gradually resume operations of coupled Shinkansen bullet trains from Friday, before having them return to normal schedules on Saturday. The operator has suspended ...

A monitor at JR Tokyo Station informs travelers that some shinkansen services on the Tohoku and other lines in northeastern Japan are halted on March 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All bullet ...

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has announced the development of the next-generation Tōhoku Shinkansen train, designated as the E10 series. This new model is set to replace the existing E2 ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

On Thursday, the Hayabusa-Komachi No. 21 combined train from Tokyo that was bound for Shin-Aomori and Akita stations on the Tohoku Shinkansen line decoupled. The incident occurred while the train was ...

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The Tohoku Shinkansen train cars that decoupled are seen from a Yomiuri Shimbun helicopter in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:05 JST, March 7, 2025 A senior official of East ...

TOKYO - The Tohoku Shinkansen line stopped to conduct a train inspection between Ueno and Omiya Stations on March 6 morning after the train cars decoupled and came to a halt, according to JR East.

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East Japan Railway is investigating the decoupling of two Shinkansen bullet trains running in Tokyo on Thursday morning. The linked Hayabusa and Komachi trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line became ...

A coupler connecting the Hayabusa No. 21 and Komachi No. 21 trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line in eastern and northeastern Japan came undone on Thursday, temporarily halting service.