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 ...

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 ...

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

As a precaution, the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line operators suspended sections of service until the warning was called off. The Ehime Prefecture Ikata nuclear power plant and the Kagoshima ...

“Running at speeds of up to 199 miles per hour, the Shinkansen services Japan’s main islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Hokkaido and is famed for punctuality — most trains depart on time to the ...

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.

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 ...

Since the 1960s, the Shinkansen or “Bullet Train” has transformed ... point—venturing toward sights considerably less seen. Kyushu: From Tokyo…to bathing in nature Kyushu: From Tokyo ...

The Sanyo Shinkansen marks its 50th anniversary this year, and a special exhibit highlighting its history through maps is ...

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 ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a tsunami warning before it was called off, officials said.