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JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Three-day weekend gets off to bad start as train service disruption hits 320,000 in western Japan
West Japan Railway Co. temporarily suspended services Saturday on its 14 train lines after a powerful typhoon unleashed a torrent of rainfall, affecting 700 train runs and 320,000 passengers in Osaka and other parts of the Kansai region.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2015
Shinkansen suicide victim failed to pay rent, tried to buy gas near home
A 71-year-old pensioner from Tokyo who set himself on fire aboard a speeding shinkansen train had failed to pay his rent on the day he died.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 7, 2015
Rush hour with bangin' bass: My night on ageHa's EDM train
A woman with purple hair sits in the waiting room on the platform at Nerima Station, surrounded by salarymen who look exhausted from their workday. Nearby, a private security guard herds four friends wearing matching floral-print pants and light-up shoes toward a line. An assortment of middle-aged workers and high school students weave through the swarm of 20-somethings downing cans of chu-hi to catch their trains.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2015
Maryland governor takes test ride on maglev train in Japan
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took a ride Thursday on a magnetically levitated train test line in central Japan in a show of the U.S. state's strong interest in the Japanese technology for a planned high-speed train link in the Northeastern United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2015
Amtrak engineer didn't report windshield strike before crash but conductor hints at radio reference
U.S. federal investigators have found no record that the engineer of the Amtrak commuter train that crashed in Philadelphia last week reported an object hit his locomotive in the minutes before it derailed, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2015
Decade after Amagasaki, crash victims can't let go
Survivors and kin of the 107 people killed by the Amagasaki train derailment in Hyogo Prefecture mark the 10th anniversary of the crash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2015
Tokyo train havoc laid to beam removed in upgrade
A beam traversing the Yamanote Line that was removed as part of an equipment upgrade could have destabilized two cable poles blamed for Sunday's major disruption of train service in central Tokyo, East Japan Railway Co. said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2015
Indonesian president Jokowi takes bullet train ride as Japan looks to sell system
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo rode on a bullet train Wednesday from Tokyo to Nagoya as Japan tries to sell a high-speed rail system to Indonesia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2015
CSX oil train derails in West Virginia; at least two cars on fire; towns evacuated
A CSX Corp. train hauling crude derailed in West Virginia on Monday, setting at least two cars ablaze and forcing the evacuation of two nearby towns in the second significant oil-train incident in three days.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 3, 2015
A night at Camp to write home about
Curry rice isn't meant to be healthy any more than it's supposed to be spicy. It's a carb-laden comfort food, a cheap and filling staple of students and singletons. Obviously the folks at Camp never got the memo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2014
Top speed of Nozomi bullet trains to hit 285 kph
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said Friday it will raise the maximum speed of the Nozomi bullet train service to 285 kph between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations next year thanks to advances in braking technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2014
Test runs start on new section of Hokuriku Shinkansen Line
Test runs started Monday for trains to be used on a new section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line that will reach Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, according to East Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2014
Hokutosei Ueno-Sapporo overnight express train to retire in March
The Hokutosei, an overnight express train that runs between Ueno and Sapporo, will retire next March, it was learned Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2014
Hokkaido bullet train cars tested ahead of 2016 debut
Shinkansen carriages that will be used on a new route in Hokkaido are being put through their paces on the route's newly laid tracks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2014
Early-model shinkansen unit taken from closed Osaka museum, ultimately bound for Kyoto
An old shinkansen train was taken out of a closed railway museum in Osaka early Friday morning and transported to a local maintenance facility, with the goal of ultimately displaying the unit in Kyoto.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2014
Fatal '13 train crash in New York caused by engineer with sleep disorder: NTSB
A fatal New York City train derailment last year was likely caused by the engineer at the controls who fell asleep due to an undiagnosed sleep disorder, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014
Train fans crowd Fukui Prefecture station to watch engine switch over
A quiet train station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, has become a mecca for train spotters, known as "tet-chan" in Japanese.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2014
Hokkaido train driver used smartphone while operating limited express in violation of rules
A 23-year-old JR Hokkaido worker was caught using his smartphone while driving a limited express train, the railway company says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2014
Small rail line reinvents itself with anime-decorated trains, sumo goods
Hoping to attract more visitors to the Noto Peninsula, which juts into the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa Prefecture, a small railway has been reinventing its image by decorating its trains with pictures of Japanese anime heroines and selling goods related to a popular local sumo wrestler.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014
Violence against railway workers on decline
Cases of violence by train passengers against railway workers totaled 760 in fiscal 2013, down by 68 from the previous year, according to the latest tally by an industry group.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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