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Hanshin Electric Railway Sannomiya Station signboard and logo

Hanshin Electric Railway Sannomiya Station signboard and logo=August 8,2025,Hyogo

Special train marking 90th anniv. of founding of Tigers

A special train featuring former and current Hanshin Tigers players is unveiled to the media at a Hanshin Electric Railway Co. station near Koshien Stadium, the Central League baseball club's home ballpark in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 5, 2025. The six-car train will operate until mid-December to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Tigers. ==Kyodo

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Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan

Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan=Date:November 8, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan

Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan=Date:November 8, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan

Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan=Date:November 8, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan

Hanshin Electric Railway Wrapping train commemorating the Hanshin Tigers' victory in Japan=Date:November 8, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Special train celebrating Tigers' Japan Series win

Photo taken in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Nov. 7, 2023, shows a Hanshin Electric Railway Co. train car adorned with cutouts of the Hanshin Tigers' manager and players in celebration of the local baseball team's first Japan Series championship in 38 years. The special train will run through the end of January 2024.

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Special train celebrating Tigers' Japan Series win

Photo taken in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Nov. 7, 2023, shows a Hanshin Electric Railway Co. train car adorned with cutouts of the Hanshin Tigers' manager and players in celebration of the local baseball team's first Japan Series championship in 38 years. The special train will run through the end of January 2024.

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Special train celebrating Tigers' Japan Series win

Photo taken in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Nov. 7, 2023, shows Hanshin Electric Railway Co. train cars adorned with cutouts of the Hanshin Tigers' manager and players in celebration of the local baseball team's first Japan Series championship in 38 years. The special train will run through the end of January 2024.

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Kobe Luminarie event starts for 12-day run

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe Luminarie illumination event, held annually in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, starts in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, for a 12-day run. Around 200,000 electric bulbs were lit up simultaneously.

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Kobe Luminarie event starts for 12-day run

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe Luminarie illumination event, held annually in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, starts in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, for a 12-day run. Around 200,000 electric bulbs were lit up simultaneously.

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Hanshin, Kintetsu launch train tour from Kobe to Ise-Shima

KOBE, Japan - Kintetsu Corp. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. hold a ceremony at Hanshin's Sannomiya Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 22, 2014, to launch a train tour service directly from the station in central Kobe to the Ise-Shima region of Mie Prefecture. The day tour using Kintetsu's express train (L) will be conducted only on weekends for the time being. (Kyodo)

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Tesla Model S

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the Model S, an electric vehicle of Tesla Motors Inc., in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 26, 2013, as the U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer held a demonstration ride for reporters on the Hanshin Expressway.

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Tesla Model S

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the interior of the Model S, an electric vehicle of Tesla Motors Inc., in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 26, 2013, as the U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer held a demonstration ride for reporters on the Hanshin Expressway.

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15th 'Kobe Luminarie' event begins in central Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 3. The event was set up in 1996 in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and for the reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity. Some 4000,000 people are expected to visit the event which will run until Dec. 14.

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15th 'Kobe Luminarie' event begins in central Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 3. The event was set up in 1996 in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and for the reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity. Some 4000,000 people are expected to visit the event which will run until Dec. 14.

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14th 'Kobe Luminarie' event begins in central Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 4. The event, running through Dec. 15, was set up in 1996 in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and for the reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity.

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Mizuho Bank, Toshiba obtain naming rights of Koshien Stadium stands

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 19, 2007 shows (From L) Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Shinya Sakai, Mizuho Bank senior executive Nobuhiro Ishikawa, Toshiba Corp. Kansai branch office chief Shunsuke Kobayashi and Hanshin Tigers owner Tsuneaki Miyazaki after a signing ceremony in Osaka for an agreement on naming rights to part of the infield stands of Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture. Toshiba and Mizuho Bank agreed with Hanshin Electric to obtain the naming rights for five years from 2008.

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13th 'Kobe Luminarie' begins in central Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 6. The event has been held every year since 1996 in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and for the reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity. The event will be held until Dec. 17.

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'Kobe Luminarie' starts for two-week run

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 18. The event has been held every year since 1996 for the memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and in hopes for reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity. Some 5 million people are expected to visit the event, which will run until Dec. 21.

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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings set up

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. merged into Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1, creating Japan's third-largest railway operator excluding the nationwide Japan Railway group. The new holding company President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Representative Director Shinya Sakai (R) attended a management integration committee meeting in Osaka the same day.

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

OSAKA, Japan - Shareholders of Hankyu Holdings Inc. come out after their general meeting held near the company's head office (seen in the back) on June 29. They voted for the merger between Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co.

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Shareholders of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. leave the venue of their general meeting after voting for the merger between the company and Hankyu Holdings Inc. on June 29.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 20 about the company's public tender offer for Hanshin Electric Railway Co. At right is Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20.

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Hankyu, Hanshin to consider merger of department store chains

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Osaka on June 8. Sumi said his firm and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. may consider a merger between their department store chains as part of their planned management integration in October.

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Kyoji Nishikawa (R) shake hands in Osaka on May 29. Hankyu Holdings said the same day it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund.

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head offices of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and Hankyu Holdings Inc. (R). Hankyu Holdings said May 29 it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund.

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Hankyu hopes to resolve talks with Murakami Fund by mid-May

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 8. He said Hankyu will seek to settle stalled negotiations over the purchase of the so-called Murakami Fund's stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. by the middle of May.

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Murakami Fund seeking majority control of Hanshin board

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Nawata, managing director of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks at a press conference on May 2 after an investment fund headed by financier Yoshiaki Murakami said it has called for the railway operator to accept nine board members, or a majority of its board, recommended by the fund.

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Murakami Fund seeking majority control of Hanshin board

OSAKA, Japan - An investment fund having the largest equity stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. said on May 2 it has called for the railway operator to accept nine board members, or a majority of its board, recommended by the fund. Photos show (from left to right) Yoshiaki Murakami, who head the investment fund, and Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co.

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Hankyu, Hanshin basically agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa (L), president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks about a basic agreement with Hankyu Holdings Inc. on the integration of the two companies' management at a news conference at Hanshin's head office in Osaka on April 28.

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Hankyu to formally decide on purchasing Hanshin shares: sources

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and the head office of Hankyu Corp. Hankyu Holdings Inc., which owns Hankyu Corp., will soon make a formal decision to purchase all the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. shares held by an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami, possibly paving the way for management integration of the two railway operators, company sources said on April 18.

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Financier Murakami could withdraw request to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Financier Yoshiaki Murakami speaks to reporters after his talks with Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., which owns the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team, in Osaka on Oct. 11. Murakami said he could withdraw his request to list the shares of the popular baseball team on a stock exchange for public trading.

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Financier Murakami could withdraw request to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., which owns the popular Hanshin Tigers baseball team, speaks to reporters after his talks with financier Yoshiaki Murakami in Osaka on Oct. 11. Nishikawa said, ''Hanshin Electric Railway should keep the team as a wholly owned subsidiary to improve the brand value.''

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Financier Murakami isn't sticking to plan to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Financier Yoshiaki Murakami speaks to reporters at the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. in Osaka on Oct. 11 after talks with Hanshin President Kyoji Nishikawa. The talks between Murakami and Nishikawa were the first since the revelation in late September that the Murakami Fund had acquired a major stake in the railway company.

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'Kobe Luminarie' running until Christmas

KOBE, Japan - ''Kobe Luminarie,'' an annual display of lights in Kobe set up in memory of the victims of the 1995 devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake, begins on Dec. 12. The display using 220,000 electric bulbs will continue until Christmas.

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Takara releases Tigers version of electric vehicle Qi

TOKYO, Japan - Toy maker Takara Co. has begun selling 77 units of its single-seat electric vehicle Qi with a design inspired by the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team. Available for 1.45 million yen, the units come in yellow and black and carry the Tigers logo on their front and side panels. Takara decided to release 77 specially designed units in the Qi (pronounced ''cue-no'') series because that is the number on Tigers manager Senichi Hoshino's jersey.

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Nomura gets contract extension

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura speaks to the media after getting a contract extension. Nomura said he met club owner Junjiro Kuma at the headquarters of the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. in Osaka and was asked to continue managing the team. Nomura's current contract expires at the end of this season. Details of the new pact were not immediately known.

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Financier Murakami could withdraw request to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., which owns the popular Hanshin Tigers baseball team, speaks to reporters after his talks with financier Yoshiaki Murakami in Osaka on Oct. 11. Nishikawa said, ''Hanshin Electric Railway should keep the team as a wholly owned subsidiary to improve the brand value.'' (Kyodo)

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Financier Murakami could withdraw request to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Financier Yoshiaki Murakami speaks to reporters after his talks with Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., which owns the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team, in Osaka on Oct. 11. Murakami said he could withdraw his request to list the shares of the popular baseball team on a stock exchange for public trading. (Kyodo)

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Financier Murakami isn't sticking to plan to list Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Financier Yoshiaki Murakami speaks to reporters at the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. in Osaka on Oct. 11 after talks with Hanshin President Kyoji Nishikawa. The talks between Murakami and Nishikawa were the first since the revelation in late September that the Murakami Fund had acquired a major stake in the railway company. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to formally decide on purchasing Hanshin shares: sources

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and the head office of Hankyu Corp. Hankyu Holdings Inc., which owns Hankyu Corp., will soon make a formal decision to purchase all the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. shares held by an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami, possibly paving the way for management integration of the two railway operators, company sources said on April 18. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin basically agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa (L), president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks about a basic agreement with Hankyu Holdings Inc. on the integration of the two companies' management at a news conference at Hanshin's head office in Osaka on April 28. (Kyodo)

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Murakami Fund seeking majority control of Hanshin board

OSAKA, Japan - An investment fund having the largest equity stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. said on May 2 it has called for the railway operator to accept nine board members, or a majority of its board, recommended by the fund. Photos show (from left to right) Yoshiaki Murakami, who head the investment fund, and Kyoji Nishikawa, president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (Kyodo)

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Murakami Fund seeking majority control of Hanshin board

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Nawata, managing director of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks at a press conference on May 2 after an investment fund headed by financier Yoshiaki Murakami said it has called for the railway operator to accept nine board members, or a majority of its board, recommended by the fund. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu hopes to resolve talks with Murakami Fund by mid-May

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 8. He said Hankyu will seek to settle stalled negotiations over the purchase of the so-called Murakami Fund's stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. by the middle of May. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Kyoji Nishikawa (R) shake hands in Osaka on May 29. Hankyu Holdings said the same day it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head offices of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and Hankyu Holdings Inc. (R). Hankyu Holdings said May 29 it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund. (Kyodo)