Located on the southern island of Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture sits between Oita’s renowned onsen towns to the north and ...

JR East has conducted trials since February last year on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and the local ... West), Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) and major private ...

A Shinkansen bullet train that was stranded for 12 hours from Sunday night in Akita Prefecture due to a power failure is up and running again. The operator says the mishap during high traffic ...

All Kyushu Shinkansen services, which connect Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo, have been canceled for Aug. 29 and are scheduled to remain suspended the following day. As of 11 a.m., Japan Airlines ...

Say Hello to the Hello Kitty Shinkansen You Get To Be A Pirate King On Wheels! The Seto Inland Sea, located between the main islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, is historically known for piracy, ...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Railway Co. said Monday it will terminate its ferry service between Fukuoka in southwestern Japan and South Korea's Busan as it was unable to resolve a water seepage ...

Yamagata Shinkansen services have resumed by around 11 a.m. Friday ... Prehistoric Stone Tool Cut Out of Coral Reef and Taken Away in Kyushu island; Artifact was Believed to Have Been Dropped in Sea ...

Tsunami warnings have also been issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the temblor was centred, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi Prefecture, shortly after the quake ...

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region at 9:19 p.m. (0019 GMT) on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. After an investigation, the JMA said the quake did not ...