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The earthquake struck off the northeastern coast and has already produced waves that could reach up to 3 meters in height.

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FUKUOKA / KUMAMOTO — 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 ...

Early on March 29, a Tsubame shinkansen train car was loaded onto a trailer and departed from a maintenance depot in the city of Kumamoto. The car was part of the bullet train that derailed in the ...

Shinkansen bullet train cars carrying cargo arrive at a railyard in Tokyo on March 23, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. has launched the country's first freight service using ...