JR Central's financial health is sound. Credit metrics deteriorated sharply during the pandemic but have improved as earnings recovered and because of a very conservative dividend payout ratio. Net ...

One of Japan ’s busiest bullet train lines screeched to a halt Wednesday after a snake tangled itself in a power line, ...

The 39-inch serpent tangled itself on an overhead power line, electrocuting itself and causing delays of over an hour and a ...

The service disruption occurred on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, which also stops at Kyoto and Nagoya, and is considered the most popular and busiest route. The snake is thought to have become ...

The Sanyo Shinkansen Line operations between Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures were suspended from around 5:50 p.m. after workers found a body part while inspecting tracks between Fukuyama and ...

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A JR Fukuchiyama Line train is seen after it derailed and rammed into a condominium in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2005, in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter.

Sail to the Grand Line—or Rail, rather—on the newly launched One Piece Shinkansen train. West Japan Railway launched a One Piece-themed Shinkansen train on April 12, 2025, inspired by the popular ...

Named Setouchi Blue, this train celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen line, which operates between Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations. The new train, designed around the concept ‘Let’s ...

View Map Nearest Station Tokyo Station （Tokaido Shinkansen Line / Hokkaido Shinkansen Line ... Sobu Main Line / JR Sobu Main Line (Rapid) / JR Keihin-Tohoku Line / JR Yamanote Line / JR Chuo Main Line ...