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Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Melissa Batters, Causing Damage and Disruptions 2

Tropical Storm Melissa swept through the Dominican Republic, toppling trees, traffic lights, and triggering small landslides. Authorities closed schools and government offices across several provinces as the storm disrupted water systems and threatened severe flooding. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane this weekend as it lashes the Caribbean with heavy rain and destructive winds.

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Indonesia: Mt. Lewotobi Erupts, Triggers Highest Alert and Spews Ash High Into Sky

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, erupted late Tuesday, October 15, and again early Wednesday, spewing ash up to 10 kilometers into the sky. Indonesia’s volcanology agency raised the alert to its highest level after detecting deep tremors that signaled possible explosive activity.

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US: Severe Weather Warning for Houston Area With Hail, High Winds, Tornado Risk

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Houston area until evening of Monday, May 5. It brought hail, damaging winds, flooding, and possible tornadoes.

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US: Sunset Fire Ignites In Hollywood Hills, Triggering Mandatory Evacuation Orders

A brush fire, dubbed the Sunset Fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, January 8, triggering mandatory evacuation orders.

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Philippines: Thunderstorms Hit, Bringing Intense Rainfall To Central Regions

The regions of Visayas, Bicol, Calabarzon, and Mimaropa may experience cloudy skies with scattered rains as isolated thunderstorms hit. According to reports, heavy rainfall of 100 to 200 mm was expected in Northern Samar on Monday.

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Bus wrapped with “Doctor Yellow”

JR Tokai Bus is now operating one highway bus with “Doctor Yellow” wrapping.=November 7,2024,Osaka,Japan

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Bus wrapped with “Doctor Yellow”

JR Tokai Bus is now operating one highway bus with “Doctor Yellow” wrapping.=November 7,2024,Osaka,Japan

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JR Tokai starts construction of maglev train stations

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, conducts a ceremony in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 17, 2014, to pray for safety during the construction of a magnetically levitated train line linking Tokyo and Nagoya.

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JR Tokai starts construction of maglev train stations

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, conducts a ceremony at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 17, 2014, to pray for safety during the construction of a magnetically levitated train line linking Tokyo and Nagoya.

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JR Tokai starts construction of maglev train stations

NAGOYA, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, poses for photos at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 17, 2014, after a ceremony to pray for safety during the construction of a magnetically levitated train line linking Tokyo and Nagoya.

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JR Tokai starts construction of maglev train stations

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in September 2014, Central Japan Railway Co. unveils its new L0 series maglev train to the press at its experimental center in Tsuru in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The company known as JR Tokai aims to start operation of the magnetically levitated train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027.

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JR Tokai to hold ceremonies for maglev train project

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., also known as JR Tokai, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Tsuge said the company will hold ceremonies to pray for the safety of work to build a magnetically levitated train line at JR Shinagawa and JR Nagoya Stations on Dec. 17. Last month, the Japanese government approved JR Tokai's application to construct the line linking Shinagawa and Nagoya by 2017.

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JR Tokai holds briefing for residents near Maglev project

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, holds a briefing session in Nagoya on Oct. 27, 2014, for residents who live around a magnetically levitated train line to be built between Tokyo and the central Japanese city. JR Tokai aims to open Tokyo's Shinagawa-Nagoya maglev train line in 2027.

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JR Tokai honorary chairman addresses int'l railway meet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kasai, honorary chairman of Central Japan Railway Co. known as JR Tokai, addresses an international conference on high-speed railway systems in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Gov't OKs JR Tokai's maglev train project

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge (L), president of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, receives a letter of authorization for the magnetically levitated train from transport minister Akihiro Ota on Oct. 17, 2014, at the transport ministry in Tokyo. The project to build a line, linking Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027 is expected to start in late October.

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JR Tokai's L0 maglev train unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. unveils its new L0 series maglev train to the press at its experimental center in Tsuru in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 22, 2014. The railway company aims to start operation of the magnetically levitated train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027.

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JR Tokai chief speaks about maglev train project

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2014, following the firm's application to the government for approval of a plan to begin work on the construction of a 290-km magnetically levitated train line between the capital and Nagoya, central Japan, for completion by 2027.

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JR Tokai seeks go-ahead for maglev train line project

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Uno (L), an executive officer at Central Japan Railway Co. known as JR Tokai, presents an application to an official in charge at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, for approval of a plan to launch work on a 290-km magnetically levitated train line between the Japanese capital and Nagoya for completion in 2027.

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Rainy season starts in central to western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People walk with umbrellas in front of JR Osaka Station on June 4, 2014, as the rainy season starts in the Tokai and Chugoku regions of central and western Japan.

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JR Tokai submits environment assessment papers on maglev line

TOKYO, Japan - JR Tokai officials present environmental impact assessment documents to the government on April 23, 2014, ahead of the planned start in the coming fall of the construction of a Tokyo-Nagoya magnetically levitated line. It will connect the two cities, located 286 kilometers apart, in 40 minutes -- less than half the time of the existing Shinkansen bullet train service.

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JR Tokai briefs on plan for deep tunnel for maglev train

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, holds a briefing session in Nagoya on April 22, 2014, to give an account of a plan to build a deep underground tunnel for its Chuo Shinkansen magnetically levitated train line.

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Kennedy, Abe, JR Tokai exec chat after maglev train ride

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (far L), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Yoshiyuki Kasai (far R), honorary chairman of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), chat in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, after a test ride on a magnetically levitated train on JR Tokai's test line on April 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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JR Tokai hopes to start building maglev train line soon

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., says at a press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2014, that the company hopes to proceed with work so that construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen line for magnetically levitated trains can begin as soon as possible. JR Tokai envisions the line will run between Tokyo and Nagoya starting in 2027.

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New maglev train

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 3, 2013, shows Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai)'s L0 series magnetically levitated train cars designed for commercial runs, being demonstrated at a test line for the first time to the press.

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New maglev train model

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) L0 series car, a new magnetically levitated train designed for commercial runs. The train's delivery to the railway yard of a test line was unveiled to the press the same day by JR Tokai.

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New N700A shinkansen bullet train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveils to the media on Aug. 21, 2012, its new N700A shinkansen bullet train with enhanced braking systems and other features at its Hamamatsu factory in Shizuoka Prefecture ahead of its commercial operation debut in February 2013.

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New N700A shinkansen bullet train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveils to the media on Aug. 21, 2012, its new N700A shinkansen bullet train with enhanced braking systems and other features at its Hamamatsu factory in Shizuoka Prefecture ahead of its commercial operation debut in February 2013.

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Maglev train's test run in heavy rain

KOFU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., a railway operator commonly known as JR Tokai, demonstrates before reporters a test run of its magnetically levitated train in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2011, despite strong winds and rain caused by Typhoon Roke. The train achieved a speed of 500 kilometers per hour during the test, with a company official saying the test proved it is a ''vehicle highly resistant'' to rain and winds.

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JR Tokai vice chairman named as new NHK chief

NAGOYA, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya after he was named as next president of public broadcaster NHK on Jan. 15, 2011. He will assume a three-year term at NHK on Jan. 25, succeeding Shigeo Fukuchi.

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JR Tokai eyes pay maglev train test rides

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kasai said the railway company, known as JR Tokai, will aim to carry out pay demonstration rides for its maglev train on a test line in Yamanashi Prefecture in fiscal 2014.

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JR Tokai unveils design of new maglev cars

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, unveils the design of its new magnetically levitated train cars to be used on its maglev trial line near Tokyo at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Japan maglev project put off until 2027

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshiomi Yamada, president of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks at a press conference at the Nagoya Stock Exchange on April 28, 2010. The company, more widely called JR Tokai, said it will postpone the planned launch of magnetically levitated train services by two years until 2027.

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JR Tokai submits final report on maglev train construction

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. President Masayuki Matsumoto (L) submits a final report on the construction plan for a magnetically levitated train system linking Tokyo and Osaka to transport minister Seiji Maehara at the transport ministry in Tokyo, Dec. 24, 2009. The company, known as JR Tokai, aims to start the next-generation train services by 2025.

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JR Tokai submits final report on maglev train construction

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. President Masayuki Matsumoto speaks at a news conference on Dec. 24, 2009, at the transport ministry in Tokyo, after submitting a final report on the construction plan for a magnetically levitated train system linking Tokyo and Osaka. The company, known as JR Tokai, aims to start the next-generation train services by 2025.

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JR Tokai chief urges U.S. to introduce Japan's N700 bullet train

WASHINGTON, United States - Central Japan Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai speaks at a news conference in Washington on June 29 after meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood. Kasai appealed to the U.S. administration to adopt Japan Railway's state-of-the-art N700 Series bullet train system for a proposed new high-speed passenger rail system.

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Boy arrested for bus hijacking

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers investigate after a boy was arrested for hijacking a bus operated JR Tokai Bus Co. at Miai parking area on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 16. The boy, who was in possession of two knives, told the police he was a 14-year-old second grader at a junior high school in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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'Next-generation' Shinkansen model on display

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A new Shinkansen model, the ''next-generation'' N-700 Series, on display in a press preview at the JR Tokai Hamamatsu plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecutre on April 10. According to JR engineers, a key N-700 technical feature is that the train, through the use of air spring, can bend at curves so that it does not have to decelerate when passing through curving passages. The N-700 Series, which will run in the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen line, can speed through curves at a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour in the Tokaido sector and 300 kph in the Sanyo sector, they say. As a result, the N-700 Series can travel between Tokyo and the Shin-Osaka station in Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, down 5 minutes, and between Tokyo and the Hakata station in Fukuoka in 4 hours and 50 minutes.

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Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services halted

HAMAMATSU, Japan - The head coach of the Nozomi No. 61 bullet train is seen damaged at JR Tokai's maintenance facility in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 25 after the train hit a man as it passed through Shizuoka Station.

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(2)Pavilion featuring magnetically levitated trains opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A woman attendant explains magnetically levitated railway systems at a Japanese maglev pavilion, which opened at the site of the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 14. The pavilion is sponsored by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).

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(1)Pavilion featuring magnetically levitated trains opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A Japanese pavilion featuring magnetically levitated railway systems opened at the site of the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 14. The pavilion is sponsored by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).

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Guinness identifies Japanese maglev speed as world's fastest

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows a Guinness Book of Records certifying that a magnetically levitated (maglev) train of Central Japan Railways Co. (JR Tokai) has made the fastest speed in the world for any manned maglev train. JR Tokai's manned maglev train, also known as a linear motor car, scored a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour at the firm's test railway in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2003.

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Japan's maglev train sets world speed record

KOFU, Japan - A magnetically levitated train set a new world speed record during a manned test on an experimental track in Yamanashi Prefecture on Dec. 2. The three-car maglev train, operated by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and the government-affiliated Railway Technical Research Institute, reached a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour with technicians on board.

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Image of next generation Shinkansen bullet train unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) unveiled June 27 an image of a next generation Shinkansen bullet train model, which will run on Tokaido and Sanyo lines. The new model, called N700, will be tested in 2005 for commercial operations expected around autumn in 2007.

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Female drivers to debut on Shinkansen bullet trains

MISHIMA, Japan - Four young women working with Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) show off their driver's licenses for bullet trains awarded June 18 by the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture. They will debut on the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo, Nagoya and Shin-Osaka on June 20.

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Toyota, 2 firms to set up junior-senior high school

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroji Ota, chairman of Chubu Electric Power Co., Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and Yoshiyuki Kasai, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announce in Nagoya on Jan. 8 that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to jointly establish a school for junior and senior high school education in central Japan in a few years' time.

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JR Tokai to replace brake parts on Shinkansen cars

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said Aug. 20 it will replace brake disc bolts on some 1,600 Shinkansen bullet train cars following recent reports of broken bolts on trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines. The currently-used bolt is shown on top and the new one below. Some parts of the new bolt have been made thicker and the material strengthened.

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JR bus company chief apologizes over drunken driver

NAGOYA, Japan - Kimiyuki Yoshikawa, president of JR Tokai Bus, a unit of Central Japan Railway Co., apologizes in Nagoya on July 8 for an incident in which a drunken bus driver ran his vehicle into a parked car at a service area on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 7.

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Nagoya station complex wins Guinness entry as largest

NAGOYA, Japan - The ''JR Central Towers'' building complex at JR Nagoya station (in an undated file photo) has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest facility built over a railway station, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said Feb. 27. The complex, consisting of two high-rise buildings 51 stories and 53 stories high respectively, is 245 meters tall with a total floor space of 410,000 square meters. It houses restaurants and offices as well as a department store and a 780-room hotel.

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Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

TOWN OF ANPACHI, Japan - A ship-shaped solar power generator, completed in the village of Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture, by Sanyo Electric Co., is put to media preview Dec. 20. The structure that cost 3.3 billion yen to build, is 315 meters long, 37.1 meter high and 13.7 meter wide. Equipped with 5,000 solar cell panels, it can generate 530,000 kilowatts of electricity annually, reducing 95 tons of carbon dioxide, Sanyo said. Pictured to the fore is a JR Tokai Shinkansen bullet train.

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JR puts up fences on Kyoto station platforms to prevent falls

KYOTO, Japan - A bullet train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line pulls in to a platform with a safety fence at Kyoto Station on June 4. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) began erecting safety fences on the station's platforms as part of safety measures it is promoting following an accident in January in Tokyo in which three people died.