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Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

An information board at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026 notifies passengers of the suspension of train services on the Joban Line, after a power outage at the station.

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Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

An information board at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026 notifies passengers of the suspension of train services on the Joban Line, after a power outage at the station.

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Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people walk along the tracks of the JR Joban Line in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026, as train services are disrupted following a power outage at Ueno Station.

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Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

People walk along the tracks of the JR Joban Line in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026, as train services are disrupted following a power outage at Ueno Station.

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Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

Power outage disrupts train services in Tokyo

People walk along the tracks of the JR Joban Line in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026, as train services are disrupted following a power outage at Ueno Station.

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JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

SENDAI, Japan - The weed-covered Tatsuta Station in the town of Naraha on the JR Joban railway line is seen in the upper photo taken on Sept. 26, 2012, while the photograph below taken on Sept. 4, 2014, shows the station looking normal as train runs between Tatsuta and Hirono Station, south of Naraha, resumed in June this year.

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Part of Joban railway line reopens in Fukushima

Part of Joban railway line reopens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A train runs near a radioactive waste storage yard in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as the Joban Line of East Japan Railway Co. resumes operations on a trial basis between Hirono and Tatsuta stations on May 10, 2014, after suspension caused by the 2011 nuclear plant disaster.

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Japan quake aftermath

Japan quake aftermath

YAMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2011, shows remains of a rail track of the JR Joban Line, destroyed by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Killer tsunami in Japan

Killer tsunami in Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned on the ground on March 12, 2011, after being swept by tsunami in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country the previous day.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

Megaquake aftermath in Japan

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned and scattered in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2011, a day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

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Killer tsunami in Japan

Killer tsunami in Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned on the ground on March 12, 2011, after being swept by tsunami in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country the previous day.

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Train-car collision in eastern Japan

Train-car collision in eastern Japan

Workers investigate the scene of a collision between a JR Joban Line train and a passenger car at a railroad crossing in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Kasama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2021. The driver of the car died, while there was no report of injury to any train passenger.

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Ueno-Tokyo railway line launched

Ueno-Tokyo railway line launched

The limited express Hitachi departs from Tokyo's JR Shinagawa Station on March 14, 2015, the first train to run on the brand-new Ueno-Tokyo Line, allowing the Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Joban lines to be directly connected with the Tokaido Main Line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dismantled train station in tsunami-hit northwestern Japan town

Dismantled train station in tsunami-hit northwestern Japan town

The ruins of what used to be Tomioka Station on East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are pictured on Feb. 5, 2015, after demolition of a tsunami-hit station building. Inset is a photo of the station before the 2011 disaster. The municipal office is to preserve ticket gates and station nameplates as legacy of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Killer tsunami in Japan

Killer tsunami in Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned on the ground on March 12, 2011, after being swept by tsunami in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Japan quake aftermath

Japan quake aftermath

YAMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2011, shows remains of a rail track of the JR Joban Line, destroyed by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

Megaquake aftermath in Japan

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned and scattered in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2011, a day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Kyodo)

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Killer tsunami in Japan

Killer tsunami in Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - Train cars of the JR Joban Line are seen overturned on the ground on March 12, 2011, after being swept by tsunami in the town of Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 hit the country the previous day. (Kyodo)

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JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

SENDAI, Japan - The weed-covered Tatsuta Station in the town of Naraha on the JR Joban railway line is seen in the upper photo taken on Sept. 26, 2012, while the photograph below taken on Sept. 4, 2014, shows the station looking normal as train runs between Tatsuta and Hirono Station, south of Naraha, resumed in June this year. (Kyodo)

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Remains of 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster

Remains of 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2018 shows a Joban Line train car heavily damaged after it was washed away in the March 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan, displayed at an East Japan Railway training center in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East partially reopens line halted since 2011 nuclear disaster

JR East partially reopens line halted since 2011 nuclear disaster

A ceremony to mark the restart of train services of the Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture is held at Tomioka Station in the town of Tomioka on Oct. 21, 2017. East Japan Railway Co. partially reopened a section of the line that had been suspended since the March 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East partially reopens line halted since 2011 nuclear disaster

JR East partially reopens line halted since 2011 nuclear disaster

A train runs past a temporary storage area where a number of large bags containing waste materials from demolition works are stacked in the northeastern Japan town of Tomioka on Oct. 21, 2017. East Japan Railway Co. partially reopened a section of the Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture that had been suspended since the March 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

People wave off trains leaving the new Shinchi station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 10, 2016. A 23-kilometer section of East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line reopened five years and nine months after the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attends an opening ceremony for the new Shinchi station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 10, 2016. A 23-kilometer section of East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line reopened five years and nine months after the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

Photo taken Dec. 10, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train running in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A 23-kilometer section of East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line reopened five years and nine months after the March 2011 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

East Japan Railway line suspended since 2011 tsunami partially reopens

File photo taken in March 2011 shows overturned trains of East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line in Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, following a massive tsunami. A 23-kilometer section of East JR Co.'s Joban Line reopened on Dec. 10, 2016, five years and nine months after the quake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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