Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 7

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 6

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 5

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 4

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line Service Suspended Due to Power Outage

Service on the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line has been suspended due to a power outage. At JR Yurakucho Station, where only the Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line stop, the automatic ticket gates remain closed.=January 16,2026,Tokyo

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 2

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 3

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

Japan: Storms Hit Tokyo and Surrounding Areas, Causing Floods and Power Outages

Heavy rain battered Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to over 7,000 homes, grounding flights, and triggering emergency alerts for floods and landslides.

Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People are forced to get off a train stopped in Kawasaki after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.

Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People are forced to get off a train stopped in Kawasaki after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.

Court forcibly removes sacked hotel workers

TOKYO, Japan - Shards of glass lie scattered near a broken door in the Keihin Hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 25. The glass door was smashed during a scuffle between people who had continued ''voluntarily working'' in the building after being sacked by the operator in October and Tokyo District Court enforcement officers attempting to evict them.

Court forcibly removes sacked hotel workers

TOKYO, Japan - Sacked workers of the Keihin Hotel and their supporters scuffle with riot police officers near the hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 25. The scuffle took place after Tokyo District Court enforcement officers entered the hotel the same day to evict people who had continued ''voluntarily working'' there.

Commuters stranded by thundering rainstorm in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters are stranded at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on July 29 as a thundering rainstorm knocked out train service of the busy JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The downpour also halted the Shinkansen bullet train service between Shinagawa in Tokyo and Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture and cut short a pre-Olympic soccer game in Tokyo between Japan and Argentina.

2 dead, 1 injured in hotel fire in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Part of a wall of Hotel New Keihin in Yokohama's Hodogaya Ward is seen burned after a fire on Jan. 4 that left two people dead and one person injured. The bodies of a man and a woman were found inside a second-floor room. Police are investigating the cause of the fire.

(1)Typhoon leaves 5 dead, 4 missing

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Workers are in operation to remove mud that cover the railways of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co near Hinodecho Station in Yokohama on Oct. 10. Five people were left dead and four others remained missing after Typhoon Ma-on hammered wide areas in central Honshu facing the Pacific coast with torrential rain and fierce winds on Oct. 9.

Premier, Tokyo gov. inspect traffic jams at Tokyo crossing

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R) and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (3rd from R) inspect a traffic jam at a crossing on the Keihin Electric Express Railway line at Kamata in Tokyo's Ota Ward near Haneda airport on Feb. 1. Some kind of overpass is scheduled to be constructed in the district to improve traffic flow.

Haneda Airport Station mark 10 million passengers

TOKYO, Japan - Schoolboy Kosuke Nakayama (L) becomes the 10 millionth passenger to use Haneda Airport Station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway, on Aug. 11. The station opened Nov. 18 last year.

The scene of a truck collision on the Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Line

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. The truck was dismantled and removed by crane. = September 6, 2019, Kamegumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Line

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. The truck was dismantled and removed by crane. = September 6, 2019, Kamegumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Line

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. The truck was dismantled and removed by crane. = September 6, 2019, Kamegumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Line

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. The truck was dismantled and removed by crane. = September 6, 2019, Kamegumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keikyu Line of the Keihin Electric Express Railway

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. = September 6, 2019, Kamesumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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The scene of a truck collision on the Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Line

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. The truck was dismantled and removed by crane. = September 6, 2019, Kamegumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keikyu Line of the Keihin Electric Express Railway

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. = September 6, 2019, Kamesumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keikyu Line of the Keihin Electric Express Railway

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. = September 6, 2019, Kamesumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The scene of a truck collision on the Keikyu Line of the Keihin Electric Express Railway

Keikyu train derailment accident. The scene of a derailment of a train due to a truck collision at a level crossing between Kanagawa Shinmachi and Nakagido stations (Yokohama City). The next day. = September 6, 2019, Kamesumi-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Keihin's logo mark

Keihin, KEIHIN, carburetor, fuel injection, comprehensive system manufacturer, fuel supply equipment, automotive equipment manufacturer, supplier, Keihin Seiki, Honda Motor affiliate, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = July 22, 2019, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Keihin's headquarters in Nishi-Shinjuku; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Keihin's logo mark

Keihin, KEIHIN, carburetor, fuel injection, comprehensive system manufacturer, fuel supply equipment, automotive equipment manufacturer, supplier, Keihin Seiki, Honda Motor affiliate, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = July 22, 2019, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Keihin's headquarters in Nishi-Shinjuku; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Keihin's logo mark

Keihin, KEIHIN, carburetor, fuel injection, comprehensive system manufacturer, fuel supply equipment, automotive equipment manufacturer, supplier, Keihin Seiki, Honda Motor affiliate, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = July 22, 2019, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Keihin's headquarters in Nishi-Shinjuku; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

(1)Typhoon leaves 5 dead, 4 missing

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Workers are in operation to remove mud that cover the railways of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co near Hinodecho Station in Yokohama on Oct. 10. Five people were left dead and four others remained missing after Typhoon Ma-on hammered wide areas in central Honshu facing the Pacific coast with torrential rain and fierce winds on Oct. 9. (Kyodo)

NO3. KEIHIN HIGHWAY

NO3. KEIHIN HIGHWAY==Date:Jan, 1966, Place:Yokohama,Kanagawa,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

Pollution Report and Environmental Destruction

Residents evacuated from Yotsuya Municipal Housing in Kawasaki, the most air polluted area in Japan. A 　scene of a building being destroyed by an iron ball in a fishing town in Kawasaki's Keihin Industrial Zone. Interview with an old woman who stayed behind Children playing in the housing complex where she moved to *Filming date unknown, release date: September 9, 1970.

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man wields kitchen knife on train

Photo shows investigators standing next to a JR Keihin-Tohoku Line train that came to a halt in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 9, 2015, after a passenger, prompted by a kitchen knife-wielding man, opened an emergency exit door. No one was hurt in the incident and the 71-year-old man was immediately arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a knife by an off-duty police officer who happened to be on the spot. The man allegedly took the kitchen knife out of his bag after complaining about a passenger's use of a tablet and exchanging words with him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

JR East checks poles following Yamanote line suspension

Workers examine a pole on April 13, 2015, near JR Shinagawa station in Tokyo, after the collapse of two poles suspended service on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo and the parallel Keihin-Tohoku line for more than nine hours the previous day. The railway operator has started to check some 50,000 similar poles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cable-supporting posts collapse in Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 12, 2015, shows collapsed cable-supporting posts on the railway tracks between JR Kanda and Akihabara stations in central Tokyo. The collapse suspended part of the operations of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines for more than nine hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

CORRECTED: Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

People are forced to get off a train stopped in Kawasaki after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Train wire problems affect 220,000 passengers in Japan

People are forced to get off a train stopped in Yokohama after overhead wire problems on the JR Keihin Tohoku line in this photo taken Dec. 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter. The problem caused major train delays, affecting an estimated 220,000 passengers, mainly in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Showa Shell unveils large-scale biomass power plant

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. shows to the press on Nov. 9, 2015, its Keihin biomass power plant fueled by woody biomass in Kawasaki, Japan. The plant has an output capacity of 49,000 kW and can fulfill demand from about 83,000 households. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-PM Koizumi's son at Yokosuka stump stop

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Shinjiro Koizumi, the second son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech near Yokosuka Chuo Station of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. on Aug. 7 in the run-up to the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

Commuters stranded by thundering rainstorm in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters are stranded at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on July 29 as a thundering rainstorm knocked out train service of the busy JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The downpour also halted the Shinkansen bullet train service between Shinagawa in Tokyo and Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture and cut short a pre-Olympic soccer game in Tokyo between Japan and Argentina. (Kyodo)

2 dead, 1 injured in hotel fire in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Part of a wall of Hotel New Keihin in Yokohama's Hodogaya Ward is seen burned after a fire on Jan. 4 that left two people dead and one person injured. The bodies of a man and a woman were found inside a second-floor room. Police are investigating the cause of the fire. (Kyodo)

Court forcibly removes sacked hotel workers

TOKYO, Japan - Shards of glass lie scattered near a broken door in the Keihin Hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 25. The glass door was smashed during a scuffle between people who had continued ''voluntarily working'' in the building after being sacked by the operator in October and Tokyo District Court enforcement officers attempting to evict them. (Kyodo)