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 ...

The opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line on Sept. 23 extended the journey, achievable on a single ticket, for the first time in 33 years. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Sept. 23, Momo Ito ...

Among them is Eiji Mitooka – aka the godfather of modern train design – whose swishy new Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Kamome train ...

such as JR Kyushu's Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen (scheduled to open in the fall of 2022), produced by an industrial designer. See how new design elements are causing Japanese trains to evolve.

The operator of the Kyushu Shinkansen and Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen is suspending all of its bullet train services through Friday. Sanyo Shinkansen's operator says all services between Hiroshima and ...

and for bullet trains on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line's Nagasaki route, also known as the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Line. For the ...