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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (top L) and the Komachi portion (bottom) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (L) and the Komachi portion (R) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet trains' nicknames unveiled

NANAE, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. President Osamu Shimada announces the nicknames "Hayabusa" and "Hayate" for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet trains in the town of Nanae, Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture of Japan, on Nov. 20, 2014. The names, the same as the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains, were selected due to their familiarity.

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Small satellite shown before launch on H-2A rocket

TOKYO, Japan - A microsatellite dubbed "Procyon" is shown to the press on Nov. 5, 2014, ahead of its launch together with the "Hayabusa 2" asteroid explorer on an H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30.

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Scientist holds model of 'Hayabusa' asteroid explorer

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Shogo Tachibana, an associate professor at a Hokkaido University graduate school, holds a model of the "Hayabusa" (falcon) unmanned space probe that brought back dust particles from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010 in this file photo taken in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 18, 2014. The Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer is set to be launched into space on Nov. 30.

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Japan to launch Hayabusa2 space probe

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2014 in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, shows the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on Nov. 30, 2014, the successor to the Hayabusa probe that returned to Earth in June 2010 after its unprecedented collection of asteroid surface samples.

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JAXA reveals unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 31, 2014, shows the unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2, which the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed to the press at its facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. JAXA plans to launch Hayabusa 2 as soon as December.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows its space probe "Hayabusa 2" to the press in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014. JAXA plans to launch the probe as early as this December on a mission to retrieve organic material from an asteroid.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The space probe "Hayabusa 2" is shown to the press by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014, ahead of its launch expected as early as this December.

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Actor Watanabe encourages students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe answers questions by university students who will begin working in April, at a movie theater in the city of Fukuoka on Feb. 1, 2012. Watanabe gave them a cheering message in the event held before the release of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan'' (Hayabusa - Returning home from far away) about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth, in which he played the leading part.

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Space probe Hayabusa capsule at tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Children view a capsule brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe in 2010 at an exhibition in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2012. The exhibition featuring the capsule and other items from Hayabusa began that day in a bid to lift residents' spirits as the city tries to recover from the March 11 tsunami.

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Space probe Hayabusa capsule at tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Children view a capsule brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe in 2010 at an exhibition in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2012. The exhibition featuring the capsule and other items from Hayabusa began that day in a bid to lift residents' spirits as the city tries to recover from the March 11 tsunami.

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Actor Watanabe in disaster-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe (C) heads for the stage on Jan. 14, 2012, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, at a preview of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan,'' about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth. Watanabe, who played the leading part in the film, encouraged the people from areas hit hard by last March's natural disasters.

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Actor Watanabe in disaster-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe speaks to the audience on Jan. 14, 2012, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, at a preview of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan,'' about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth. Watanabe, who played the leading part in the film, encouraged the people from areas hit hard by last March's natural disasters.

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Hayabusa recognized as 1st spacecraft to lift off from asteroid

OSAKA, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (R), a professor and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency manager of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project, and Masaharu Nakagawa, science and technology miister, attend a ceremony to celebrate the Guinness World Records recognition of the Hayabusa project in Kyoto on Dec. 17, 2011. Hayabusa has been recognized as the first spacecraft to lift off from an asteroid.

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Tohoku bullet train service fully resumes

SENDAI, Japan - The bullet train Hayabusa from Tokyo heads to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 29, 2011, as services fully resumed between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time in 50 days since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. In the background are temporary housing units for disaster survivors under construction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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Analysis of space particles brought back by Hayabusa

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Fujimura (L), professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2011, on the analysis of particles brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe from the asteroid Itokawa in June 2010. The material constituting the asteroid may have been formed in high temperatures at the time the solar system was created 4.6 billion years ago, according to JAXA.

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New shinkansen train

AOMORI, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - Railway fans fill the platform of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011, to see the new Hayabusa bullet train that debuted the same day.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train (green train, 2nd from R) arrives at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train leaves JR Tokyo Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on March 5, 2011. The green train, which debuted the same day, is the first new model deployed by the service's operator, East Japan Railway Co., since December 1997. It can travel at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour and it has the longest nose of any shinkansen at 15 meters.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. Seen at left back is a machine for analysis. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa toy figure

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a scaled model of Hayabusa, Japan's unmanned space probe. Bandai Co. plans to start selling the toy on June 24, 2011.

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Luxury seats on Hayabusa bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children try out leather reclining chairs in a corner reproducing the interior of East Japan Railway Co.'s Hayabusa bullet train's new luxury seats, during a promotional event at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 3, 2011. The train, which debuts March 5 on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, will offer ''GranClass'' services using the chairs and also including meals, beverages, blankets, slippers, newspapers and magazines, intended to rank with airlines' first-class seats. They will be available for an additional 9,000 to 10,000 yen on top of regular fares.

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Analysis of space particles in Hayabusa

SAYO, Japan - Akira Tsuchiyama, a professor at Osaka University, explains equipment that is being used to analyze particles found inside a container of Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe, which returned from the asteroid Itokawa, at the large SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2011.

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JAXA info center closes

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Tachikawa (L), president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, Junichiro Kawaguchi (C), professor and JAXA manager of the Hayabusa space probe project, and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speak at an event to mark the closure of JAXAi, the space agency's information center in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. The center, which opened in 2004, closed as part of government spending cuts.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - The E5-type Hayabusa bullet train is unveiled to the media by East Japan Railway Co. on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train commercial model unveiled

RIFU, Japan - A logo featuring a falcon design is seen on East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa (Falcon) bullet train on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Government appreciates Hayabusa project

TOKYO, Japan - Professor Junichiro Kawaguchi (2nd from R in front), director of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Banri Kaieda (3rd from R in front), state minister for space development, line up for a photo session at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010. The government awarded 118 entities involved in the Hayabusa project including companies and universities for providing hopes and dreams to people through the project.

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Government appreciates Hayabusa project

TOKYO, Japan - Professor Junichiro Kawaguchi (L), director of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, receives a certificate of appreciation from Banri Kaieda, state minister for space development, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010, on behalf of 118 entities involved in the project, including companies and universities.

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Hayabusa particles found to be from space

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (L), professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, commented on the discovery of particles inside the Hayabusa probe that originated from the asteroid Itokawa, at a press conference at the science ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2010. Kawaguchi led the project behind Hayabusa's trip into space.

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Hayabusa particles found to be from space

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (3rd from L), professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses together with members of his team that sent the Hayabusa space probe to the asteroid Itokawa, at the science ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2010. The government said the same day that particles found inside the Hayabusa originated from the asteroid.

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Hayabusa particles found to be from space

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese science minister Yoshiaki Takaki announces the discovery of particles inside the Hayabusa probe that originated from the asteroid Itokawa during a press conference at the science ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2010.

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Hayabusa particles found to be from space

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi, professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, commented on the discovery of particles inside the Hayabusa probe that originated from the asteroid Itokawa, at a press conference at the science ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2010. Kawaguchi led the project behind Hayabusa's trip into space.

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Japan's newest bullet trains on test run

SENDAI, Japan - A shinkansen train combining the E6 model (R) and E5 model (L) enters JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture during a test run Oct. 26, 2010. The E5 series will debut in March 2011 on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen Line as the Hayabusa express while the E6 series will be introduced on the Akita Shinkansen Line in 2013.

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Particles from space believed found in Hayabusa probe's container

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Hayabusa probe's capsule being exhibited at a department store in Osaka in September 2010. Particles believed to be from space have been found in its container.

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Hayabusa on exhibition at Kakuda Space Center in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Visitors look at an exhibition of items associated with the Hayabusa unmanned space probe and retrieved in June after a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Itokawa at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kakuda Space Center in Miyagi Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

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100,000th Hayabusa capsule viewer

TOKYO, Japan - Moe Nakajima, 11, (C) and her parents pose for photos in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2010, after she became the 100,000th viewer of a capsule taken back to Earth from the asteroid Itokawa by the Hayabusa unmanned space probe. The capsule has been exhibited in Kanagawa Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Tokyo since July. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, was examining particles found in a container in the capsule for asteroid surface samples.

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Hayabusa capsule from asteroid

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors view a small capsule at the Sagamihara City Museum in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30, 2010. The museum on the same day began exhibiting the capsule that was released from the Hayabusa unmanned space probe and retrieved in June that year after a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Itokawa. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said particles had been found in a container for asteroid surface samples inside the capsule.

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Space probe Hayabusa unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (L), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager for space probe Hayabusa exploration, explains about the outer shell of the capsule at a press preview at Sagamihara City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010, a day ahead of the probe's two-day public exhibition. Hayabusa returned from the asteroid Itokawa in June, making an unprecedented round trip to an astronomical body other than the moon.

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Space probe Hayabusa unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese space probe Hayabusa capsule's outer shell is unveiled to the media at Sagamihara City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010, a day ahead of the capsule's two-day public exhibition. Hayabusa returned from the asteroid Itokawa in June, making an unprecedented round trip to an astronomical body other than the moon.

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New Shinkansen train photo session

SENDAI, Japan - A child poses during a photo session near the new Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train Hayabusa during an East Japan Railway Co. festival in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 24, 2010. The train will start its run in March 2011 between Tokyo and Aomori Prefecture.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.