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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows a driver's seat of the first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. on Nov. 13, 2014, at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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14 taken to hospital after ship explosion

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A photo taken on July 10 shows the Panamanian-registered car carrier Gruz, in which 14 people suffered burns and were taken to hospital following an explosion in the engine room. The 45,000-ton ship is berthed at a dockyard of Shin Kasado Dockyard Co., a shipbuilder and ship-repair firm based in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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(3)Typhoon Songda causes severe damage across Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Firefighters look for missing crew members of the Indonesian-registered freighter Tri Ardhianto on Kasado Island in the Seto Inland Sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 8. The 6,315-ton freighter ran aground on Sept. 7 in strong winds triggered by Typhoon Songda. All 22 crew members aboard the ship went missing. Nine bodies believed to be that of the missing crew members were found.

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(2)Typhoon pounds western Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - The bow of the 6,315-ton Indonesian-registered freighter Tri Ardhiant is seen above the waves off Kasado Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 7 after the vessel ran aground in strong winds triggered by Typhoon Sondga. All 22 Indonesian crew members aboard the ship went missing. Later, three bodies believed to be of crew members were found. Photo was provided by the local branch of the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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(3)Typhoon Songda causes severe damage across Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Firefighters look for missing crew members of the Indonesian-registered freighter Tri Ardhianto on Kasado Island in the Seto Inland Sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 8. The 6,315-ton freighter ran aground on Sept. 7 in strong winds triggered by Typhoon Songda. All 22 crew members aboard the ship went missing. Nine bodies believed to be that of the missing crew members were found. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi's high-speed train arrives in Britain for test runs

A Hitachi Ltd. high-speed train for Britain's Intercity Express Program is unloaded at the port of Southampton in southern England on March 12, 2015. The five-car train, manufactured at Hitachi's Kasado plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, will begin trial runs from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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14 taken to hospital after ship explosion

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A photo taken on July 10 shows the Panamanian-registered car carrier Gruz, in which 14 people suffered burns and were taken to hospital following an explosion in the engine room. The 45,000-ton ship is berthed at a dockyard of Shin Kasado Dockyard Co., a shipbuilder and ship-repair firm based in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Made-in-Japan high-speed train in London

Junichi Kawahata, head of Hitachi Ltd.'s Kasado plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture, speaks aboard high-speed train Azuma, manufactured by the Japanese company, during its demonstration run between London and Peterborough, an English city about 120 kilometers north of the British capital. The train will begin commercial operation May 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo