A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a ...

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

23 to mark the opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line, the shortest bullet train line in Japan. The 66-kilometer route, operated by Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu), connects Takeo-Onsen ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck southwestern Japan on Monday, with no immediate reports of injury or damage, and ...

The operator of the Kyushu Shinkansen says services will be suspended between Kumamoto Station and Kagoshima-chuo Station from around 8 p.m. Wednesday. It will also suspend services on Thursday.

Japan Railways group companies are calling on people to keep up with the latest information, saying Shinkansen bullet train services could be affected through Monday. The operator of the Kyushu ...

Typhoon Haishen wreaked havoc in southwestern Japan, knocking out power to around 475,000 houses in Kyushu and severely disrupting flights and train services including Shinkansen bullet trains ...

SHIMAMURA Takuya (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) We illuminate the causal relationship between high-speed railway (HSR) expansions and economic development, focusing on ...