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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Tokaido Shinkansen to mark 50th anniversary in October

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Suda, adviser to Central Japan Railway Co., looks back at the 1964 start of Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train operations during an interview on May 25, 2014. Suda experienced uplifting feeling at the time as an assistant administration division chief at the state-run Japanese National Railways.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 4, 2012. The high-rise building was built on empty lots of the former Japanese National Railways in the Shinagawa district.

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - A member of a group of plaintiffs holds a banner, which reads a legal settlement was reached, in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, in connection with a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR.

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group of plaintiffs and lawyers meet the press in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, after a legal settlement was reached at the Supreme Court on a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR.

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers for plaintiffs meet the press in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, after a legal settlement was reached at the court on a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR.

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kanjuro Kiritake (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City.

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal.

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal.

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal.

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Court rules JNR unfair to union members against privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, who are members of the National Railway Workers Union, head for the Tokyo District Court Sept. 15. The court ruled that now-defunct Japanese National Railways discriminated against employees belonging to the labor union that had opposed JNR privatization.

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Marunouchi Oazo is new face of JR Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial photo of Marunouchi Oazo, a commercial complex just north of JR Tokyo Station, which opened on Sept. 14. The complex, consisting of five buildings, is built on the 24,000-square-meter former site of the headquarters of the defunct Japanese National Railways. Oazo means 'oasis' in Esperanto.

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Kamei dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Former Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Chairman Masao Kamei died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital June 23, it was learned June 26. He was 86. Kamei played a key role as a government adviser in privatizing the Japanese National Railways.

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Kyodo News starts construction of new headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Saita, president of Kyodo News, breaks ground Oct. 24 in a ceremony marking the start of construction of the agency's new 34-story headquarters in the Shiodome area of Tokyo's Minato Ward. The building, Shiodome Media Tower, is being built on a 9,323 square-meter plot that was once part of the now-defunct Japanese National Railways Shiodome freight train station. The building is due for completion by June 2003.

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Kyodo News to construct new headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the projected new headquarters of Kyodo News to be completed by June 2003. Kyodo said Oct. 23 it will hold a ground-breaking ceremony Oct. 24 to commemorate the start of construction of the new 34-story headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The ''Shiodome Media Tower'' will be constructed on a land plot which was once part of the premises of the defunct Japanese National Railways' (JNR) Shiodome freight train station.

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Kamei dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Former Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Chairman Masao Kamei died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital June 23, it was learned June 26. He was 86. Kamei played a key role as a government adviser in privatizing the Japanese National Railways.

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Marunouchi Oazo is new face of JR Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial photo of Marunouchi Oazo, a commercial complex just north of JR Tokyo Station, which opened on Sept. 14. The complex, consisting of five buildings, is built on the 24,000-square-meter former site of the headquarters of the defunct Japanese National Railways. Oazo means 'oasis' in Esperanto. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Imperial Japanese Army officer Sejima at Tokyo tribunal

Ryuzo Sejima, a former Imperial Japanese Army officer who played a key role in the planning of many operations during the Pacific War and became a prisoner of war in Siberia after he served as a staff officer at the Manchuria-based Kwantung Army, testifies at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 1946, after being flown from Vladivostok to appear at a hearing. Following his return to Japan after 11 years of hard labor in Siberia, Sejima went into business and later advised Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on the privatization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and Japanese National Railways in the 1980s.

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Fans bid farewell to last old-design train

Railway fans pack a platform of Shin-Osaka Station on Oct. 30, 2015, to see one of three west Japan Railway Co. limited express trains that ended their regular services that day. The trains were the last remaining ones painted in cream color with a horizontal red line, a design that has been used since before the 1987 privatization of Japanese National Railways. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Last train with old design ends regular service

A boy strikes a pose beside a West Japan Railway Co. limited express train at Shin-Osaka Station on Oct. 30, 2015. It is one of the three remaining trains painted in cream color with a horizontal red line, a design that has been used since before the 1987 privatization of the Japanese National Railways. All three trains ended their regular services that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old-design train makes final journey

West Japan Railway Co.'s limited express train leaves Fukuchiyama Station in Kyoto Prefecture for its final regular run on Oct. 30, 2015. It is one of the three remaining trains painted in cream color with a horizontal red line, a design that has been used since before the 1987 privatization of Japanese National Railways. The trains ended their regular operations that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rules JNR unfair to union members against privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs, who are members of the National Railway Workers Union, head for the Tokyo District Court Sept. 15. The court ruled that now-defunct Japanese National Railways discriminated against employees belonging to the labor union that had opposed JNR privatization. (Kyodo)

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group of plaintiffs and lawyers meet the press in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, after a legal settlement was reached at the Supreme Court on a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR. (Kyodo)

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers for plaintiffs meet the press in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, after a legal settlement was reached at the court on a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR. (Kyodo)

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23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - A member of a group of plaintiffs holds a banner, which reads a legal settlement was reached, in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, in connection with a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR. (Kyodo)

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kazuo Yoshida (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City. (Kyodo)

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kanjuro Kiritake (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City. (Kyodo)

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal. (Kyodo)

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal. (Kyodo)

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23 bil. yen settlement proposed for JR dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after receiving a proposal for a 23 billion yen settlement package to resolve a 23-year-old dispute over the dismissal of unionized workers at the former state-run Japanese National Railways. Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and the New Komeito party met with Maehara to submit the proposal. (Kyodo)

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Tokaido Shinkansen to mark 50th anniversary in October

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Suda, adviser to Central Japan Railway Co., looks back at the 1964 start of Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train operations during an interview on May 25, 2014. Suda experienced uplifting feeling at the time as an assistant administration division chief at the state-run Japanese National Railways. (Kyodo)

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Japanese railway station in 1970s

File photo taken in April 1970 shows Japanese National Railways' Nara station in the western Japan city. Part of the station building was relocated in 2004 and later became a Nara city tourist information center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's railway station in 1960s

File photo taken on April 21, 1961 shows Japanese National Railways' Chiba station near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northeastern Japan train station in 1970

File photo taken in December 1970 shows a coal-fired stove at Japanese National Railways' Moritake station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyodo News starts construction of new headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Saita, president of Kyodo News, breaks ground Oct. 24 in a ceremony marking the start of construction of the agency's new 34-story headquarters in the Shiodome area of Tokyo's Minato Ward. The building, Shiodome Media Tower, is being built on a 9,323 square-meter plot that was once part of the now-defunct Japanese National Railways Shiodome freight train station. The building is due for completion by June 2003.

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Kyodo News to construct new headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the projected new headquarters of Kyodo News to be completed by June 2003. Kyodo said Oct. 23 it will hold a ground-breaking ceremony Oct. 24 to commemorate the start of construction of the new 34-story headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The ''Shiodome Media Tower'' will be constructed on a land plot which was once part of the premises of the defunct Japanese National Railways' (JNR) Shiodome freight train station.