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Train buffs join forces online to save Japan's fading railway assets
Railroad enthusiasts across Japan are pooling resources, making financial contributions via the internet to preserve abandoned rail facilities and support financially struggling local railways. Some of these sites have turned into tourist destinations where railway buffs gather for exchange events, with locals hoping the trend ...
Excessive speed named as cause of deadly Taiwan train derailment
The driver of a train that derailed in northeastern Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187 others, has told a court he disengaged an anti-speeding mechanism prior to the derailment, a court spokesperson said Tuesday. The driver described his alleged action before the court in ...
Japan firms try out China's 'Belt and Road' cargo transport to Europe
Japanese and Chinese logistics firms are paving the way for an alternative route to ship cargo from Japan to Europe faster than by sea by exploiting China's "Belt and Road" initiative designed to improve regional cooperation and connectivity. Major Japanese logistics firm Nissin Corp. and ...
Snarled traffic and snapped trees: Typhoon Trami in pictures
Two people were killed and more than 160 were injured by powerful Typhoon Trami that battered Japan over the weekend, as the storm’s aftermath brought travel chaos to morning commuters in the capital.
The site of a 2005 train crash, which killed 106 passengers and the train driver, is now open to the public after being converted into a memorial by West Japan Railway Co. The victims' next of kin, as well as Tatsuo Kijima, president of JR ...
All aboard: Hong Kong bullet train signals high-speed integration with China
Hong Kong's controversial bullet train got off to a smooth start Sunday, as hundreds of passengers whistled north across the border at speeds of up to 200 kph (125 mph), deepening integration of the former British colony with mainland China. While the $11 billion rail ...
China tightens embrace of Hong Kong with bullet train and other giant projects
Hong Kong's first bullet train will glide out of a sleek harbor-front railway station bound for mainland China on Saturday, launching a new era of integration — and raising fears among some for the territory's cherished freedoms. Unlike other cross-border connections, the $11 billion train ...
North Korea's ruling family has long dreamed of a state-of-the-art rail system linking its major cities with each other and the wider world. Now leader Kim Jong Un is looking to capitalize on an easing in international tensions to advance plans for a high-speed rail ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries. Moon — who plans to visit Pyongyang next month for his third ...
Ichiro Kojima, who was sent to prosecutors on suspicion of murder, “suddenly stood up and hacked at me without saying anything,” police quoted a woman as saying.
Tokyo Metro Co. has begun helping train railway personnel in the Philippines as part of bilateral government efforts to develop urban rail networks in the country, according to the subway operator. Tokyo Metro and two Japanese consulting firms — Oriental Consultants Global Co. and Almec ...
Japanese rail fanatics put hand-made steam locomotive to the test in Chiba
A group of railroad fans who have made their own steam engine fired up the small locomotive Saturday at a ranch in Chiba Prefecture, calling its No. 7 the newest steam engine in the world. The tiny, narrow-gauge locomotive, just 2.6 meters long, chuffing on ...
