Shizuoka Prefecture's special committee has approved environmental conservation measures for a section of the planned Chuo Shinkansen maglev line. The committee approved all 28 measures proposed by ...

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After nearly a decade of negotiations, the Shizuoka prefectural government and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) have reached an agreement regarding environmental issues in a construction area for ...

Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). This train is ...

Fifteen years have passed since the Kyushu Shinkansen began full operations in 2011. A combined 170 million passengers have ridden on the major railway that connects JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka in ...

In a move that signals a shift in how speed and logistics intersect, Japan has transformed one of its iconic bullet trains into a high-speed cargo carrier. The initiative by East Japan Railway Company ...

The Tokyo Station Gallery presents the first major exhibition in Japan to feature the works of Swiss artist Karl Walser (1877 ...

MORIOKA—The first bullet train retrofitted exclusively for freight transport started regular service from Morioka to Tokyo on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on March 23. Eight hundred boxes of cargo, ...

Take a rail journey through the real Japan – from the country’s sushi capital to secret hot springs hidden in the mountains The bright lights and vibrant neighbourhoods of Tokyo are a key draw for ...

The Chuo University Song Leading Club (nicknamed the Garnet Girls, or GG), a popular cheer dance group, won back-to-back championships at the POM section (University Teams) of the All Japan Cheer ...

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