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10th anniv. of Hokkaido Shinkansen

People gather at an event at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokuto in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 21, 2026, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train five days later.

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10th anniv. of Hokkaido Shinkansen

An event is held at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokuto in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 21, 2026, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train five days later.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Women check evacuation information in front of the closed JR Hakodate Station in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, following the suspension of railway services after a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency in the wake of a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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[Breaking News]Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 10 Kyodo - Video taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Photo taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (C) sees off specially painted bullet trains adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse poses in front of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (2nd from L) gestures prior to the departure of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Railroading work for new bullet train line completed

HAKODATE, Japan - A railway construction vehicle runs as part of a ceremony held at a station in Kikonai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 1, 2014, making the completion of railroading work for the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations.

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Japan's north, south tips linked by bullet train system

SAPPORO, Japan - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station of the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen line is shown above in this aerial photo taken on Nov. 1, 2014, following the completion of railroading work connecting Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido with Kagoshima Prefecture on the southernmost main island of Kyushu with the bullet train system.

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Model of Hokkaido bullet train displayed at Hakodate Station

HAKODATE, Japan - A model of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is displayed at Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Hakodate Station in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost main island on Aug. 15, 2014.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen new station named 'Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto'

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co.'s new station building is under construction in Hokuto, Hokkaido, in March 2014. JR Hokkaido announced on June 11, 2014, that the name of the new station for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto." The bullet train line is planned to begin operating in 2016 spring.

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Fake Hermes wallets

HAKODATE, Japan - Police in Hakodate, Hokkaido, display thousands of fake Hermes-brand wallets they have confiscated at a police station in Hakodate on Feb. 24, 2011. They arrested the same day a 40-year-old man in Hyogo Prefecture who had sold them on the Internet. Investigators suspect the counterfeit products have been illegally imported from China.

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4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A gutted minivan, in which four children were found dead, is raised at the premises of Esashi Police Station in Hokkaido on April 3, 2010. The four children -- two toddlers and two twin babies -- were killed in a fire which started in the vehicle in the absence of their father in the nearby town of Assabu the previous day.

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Hakodate businessmen dress up as bullet train to promote Shinkansen

Members of a group of young businesspeople in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, dressed up with headgear mimicking the new H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, line up in adjacent Hokuto on March 14, 2015, in an effort to promote the upcoming new train service set to begin in spring 2016. In the foreground is one of the group members dressed as a train station attendant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen has nearly 30,000 passengers in 1st 3 days

A businessman gets on a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station on March 29, 2016. A total of about 29,700 people got on trains of the new line linking Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido with Tokyo in the first three days of its opening through March 28, according to Hokkaido Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

People dressed as a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, welcome the arrival of the first train from Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

People, including those dressed as a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet rain, throng the outside of JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the first shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo arriving at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station (bottom) in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

A family board the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:18 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo, traveling toward the Honshu main island (to the direction of R top) shortly after departing JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:37 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

A family board the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:10 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People sport Hokkaido Shinkansen train headwear to celebrate

People sport headwear resembling a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train outside the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 25, 2016, the day before the launch of the bullet train line's operation connecting the station and Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st train tickets of Hokkaido Shinkansen sold out in 25 seconds

People line up at the ticket counter at JR Hakodate Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Feb. 26, 2016, to purchase tickets for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, which goes into service on March 26. Tickets for the first train, which departs from Hakodate, were sold out in 25 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st train tickets of Hokkaido Shinkansen sold out in 25 seconds

People line up at the ticket counter at JR Hakodate Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2016, to purchase tickets for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, which goes into service on March 26. Tickets for the first train, which departs from Hakodate, were sold out in 25 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family smiles in front of a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 13, 2016. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reporters test-ride new Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train

A Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train enters JR Shin-Hakodate Hokuto station in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2016, for a test-ride event for reporters. The new bullet train service, to be launched in March, will connect Hokkaido and Tokyo in four hours and two minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police conduct drill for indiscriminate attacks

Police officers conduct a drill simulating a man attacking pedestrians indiscriminately with a kitchen knife, in Hokuto on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 15, 2015. The drill was conducted outside the station of Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, which would open in March 2016 along with the launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train to make debut in March

Osamu Shimada (L), president of Hokkaido Railway Co., attends a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Sept. 16, 2015, to announce that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line will open March 26, 2016. The bullet train will connect Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido and Tokyo in 4 hours 10 minutes at the fastest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family rides the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train during a test run on Feb. 13, 2016, in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A gutted minivan, in which four children were found dead, is raised at the premises of Esashi Police Station in Hokkaido on April 3, 2010. The four children -- two toddlers and two twin babies -- were killed in a fire which started in the vehicle in the absence of their father in the nearby town of Assabu the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Fake Hermes wallets

HAKODATE, Japan - Police in Hakodate, Hokkaido, display thousands of fake Hermes-brand wallets they have confiscated at a police station in Hakodate on Feb. 24, 2011. They arrested the same day a 40-year-old man in Hyogo Prefecture who had sold them on the Internet. Investigators suspect the counterfeit products have been illegally imported from China. (Kyodo)

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Japan's north, south tips linked by bullet train system

SAPPORO, Japan - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station of the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen line is shown above in this aerial photo taken on Nov. 1, 2014, following the completion of railroading work connecting Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido with Kagoshima Prefecture on the southernmost main island of Kyushu with the bullet train system. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Shinkansen new station named 'Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto'

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co.'s new station building is under construction in Hokuto, Hokkaido, in March 2014. JR Hokkaido announced on June 11, 2014, that the name of the new station for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto." The bullet train line is planned to begin operating in 2016 spring. (Kyodo)

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JR Naebo Station South Exit

South exit of Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate Line and Chitose Line in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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JR Naebo Station Passage

A passageway connecting north and south at Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate Line and Chitose Line in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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JR Naebo Station

The ticket gate of Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate Line and Chitose Line in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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Naebo Station Aerial Walkway

An aerial walkway to be created in March 2021 as part of the redevelopment of Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate and Chitose lines.

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Naebo Station

New station building of Naebo Station of JR Hakodate Line and Chitose Line in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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THE GRAN ALT SAPPORO

Condominiums created in the redevelopment of the north exit of Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate and Chitose Lines, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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Naebo Station Aerial Walkway

An aerial walkway to be created in March 2021 as part of the redevelopment of Naebo Station on the JR Hakodate and Chitose lines. View of the Ario Sapporo side

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JR Kutchan Station and the street in front of the station

View of Kutchan Station on the JR Hakodate Main Line in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, from the street in front of the station. This will be the station building when the Hokkaido Shinkansen line is extended.

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Prototype of Japan's new bullet train

A prototype of Japan's new shinkansen bullet train, dubbed ALFA-X, pulls into JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, on Feb. 12, 2020. It will have test runs until the end of the month during wintry conditions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy snow falls in northern Japan

People walk in heavy snow in front of JR Hakodate Station in Hokkaido on Jan. 12, 2017. Heavy snow and stormy winds hit northern Japan, disrupting train services. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo