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Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, shows a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

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Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, shows a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

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Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

A departure ceremony is held at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, for a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

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Princess Aiko visits Mie Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko waves upon arriving at Kintetsu Railway's Uji Yamada Station in Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits Mie Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Kintetsu Railway's Uji Yamada Station in Ise in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2026.

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Kintetsu Railway: Derailment Near Kintetsu Kyoto Station

Kintetsu Railway: Derailment near Kintetsu Kyoto Station.=June 29,2026,Kyoto

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Kintetsu Railway: Derailment Near Kintetsu Kyoto Station

Kintetsu Railway: Derailment near Kintetsu Kyoto Station.=June 29,2026,Kyoto

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Kintetsu Railway: Derailment Near Kintetsu Kyoto Station

Kintetsu Railway: Derailment near Kintetsu Kyoto Station.=June 29,2026,Kyoto

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Japan: Record Rainfall Hits Tokai Region, Train Services Disrupted

Heavy rain battered the Tokai region on Thursday, July 17, causing widespread flooding and disrupting train services, including Tokaido Shinkansen. Kuwana in Mie Prefecture recorded 144.5 mm of rain in just three hours by 1 p.m., the highest on record. This video shows a train stranded on the tracks due to severe weather.

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Japan: Record Rainfall Hits Tokai Region, Train Services Disrupted 2

Heavy rain battered the Tokai region on Thursday, July 17, causing widespread flooding and disrupting train services, including Tokaido Shinkansen. Kuwana in Mie Prefecture recorded 144.5 mm of rain in just three hours by 1 p.m., the highest on record. This video shows flooded streets in Kuwana City.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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Kintetsu Group Holdings, Kinki Nippon Railway head office exterior, logo and signage

Exterior, logo, and signage of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝Osaka Prefecture, April 25, 2024.

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Signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co.

Signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝April 25, 2024, Osaka Prefecture

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Kintetsu Group Holdings and Kinki Nippon Railway head office sign

Signboard at the headquarters of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝Osaka Prefecture, April 25, 2024

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Exterior, logo and signage of Kintetsu Group Holdings and Kinki Nippon Railway head office

Exterior view, logo, and signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝April 25, 2024, Osaka Prefecture

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Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway head office exterior, logo and signage

Exterior view, logo and signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝April 25, 2024, Osaka Prefecture

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Signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway head office

Signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝April 25, 2024, Osaka Prefecture

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Kintetsu Group Holdings and Kinki Nippon Railway head office signage

Signboard of Kintetsu Group Holdings, Inc. and Kinki Nippon Railway Co. ＝Osaka, April 25, 2024.

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Railway firm begins new excursion service from Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Shimakaze" excursion express of Kintetsu Corp. leaves Kyoto Station on an inaugural run bound for the Ise-Shima region in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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Mascot characters promote Kinugawa hot spring

OSAKA, Japan - Mascot characters Abenobea of Japan's tallest building, Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, and Sorakarachan of Tokyo Skytree promote tours to popular spots along the Tobu railway line in eastern Japan at Abeno Harukasu and its vicinity on June 5, 2014. This is part of the joint efforts of Kintetsu Corp., an operating company of Abeno Harukasu, and Tokyo Skytree operating company Tobu Railway Co. following their agreement to promote tourist spots in each other's regions.

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Hanshin, Kintetsu launch train tour from Kobe to Ise-Shima

KOBE, Japan - Kintetsu Corp. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. hold a ceremony at Hanshin's Sannomiya Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 22, 2014, to launch a train tour service directly from the station in central Kobe to the Ise-Shima region of Mie Prefecture. The day tour using Kintetsu's express train (L) will be conducted only on weekends for the time being. (Kyodo)

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Kintetsu to become holding company

OSAKA, Japan - Tetsuya Kobayashi, president of railway operator Kintetsu Corp., tells a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014, that Kintetsu will become a holding company, possibly in April 2015, to enhance group governance.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Japan's tallest building in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 23, 2012, shows a view from the 55th floor of the Abeno Harukas building in Osaka City's Abeno Ward now under construction and already the tallest structure in Japan. Railway operator Kintetsu Corp. held a ceremony the same day to mark the completion of the frame structure for the 300-meter building with 60 stories above ground and five underground.

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Japan's tallest building in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 23, 2012, shows the Abeno Harukas building in Osaka City's Abeno Ward now under construction and already the tallest structure in Japan. Railway operator Kintetsu Corp. held a ceremony the same day to mark the completion of the frame structure for the 300-meter building.

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Kintetsu, Orix agreed on merger in May

OSAKA, Japan - Masanori Yamaguchi (foreground), president of Kinki Nippon Railway Co. which owns the rights to the Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Tetsuya Kobayashi, president of the Pacific League baseball club, speak at a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on June 13 about a merger between the Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave, another baseball club in the Pacific League.

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Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara

STORY: Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting scene 2. various of the hospital that received the former prime minister STORYLINE: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) worker while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara. Abe, 67, died at 5:03 p.m. local time, the hospital that received the former prime minister said at a press conference in the afternoon. Abe, also former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot twice from behind at 11:30 a.m. local time by Tetsuya Yamagami, a former worker for the MSDF and resident of the western city while speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station, ahead of Sunday's upper house election, local police and firefighters said. The 41-year-old Yamagami, who worked for MSDF for t

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Media crews gather in an area near Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Photo taken April 12, 2022, shows the interior of Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi during a media preview at Nara Station in the western Japan city. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi is pictured at Kyoto Station in the western Japan city during a media preview on April 12, 2022. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi is pictured in Nara, western Japan, during a media preview on April 12, 2022. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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Japanese express train with smoking car

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2020, shows a Kintetsu Railway limited express train that has a smoking car. The company removed smoking cars at the end of the month before the coming into full force on April 1 of Japan's revised health promotion law, which includes a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from the Nara Prefecture city of Uda to Osaka in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

The interior of Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for groups of passengers, is pictured on Aug. 19, 2020, as the train runs from Osaka to the Nara Prefecture city of Uda in western Japan. The train was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Renewed train for group trips

Photo taken in Osaka on Aug. 19, 2020, shows Raku, Kintetsu Railway Co.'s train reserved for group trips, which was redesigned for the first time in 30 years.

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Smoking car of express train

A man smokes in a Kintetsu Railway limited express train on Jan. 21, 2020. The company removed smoking cars at the end of the month before Japan's revised health promotion law, which includes banning indoor smoking in public spaces, comes into full force on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kintetsu Railway's new limited express

A man sits in a premium seat on Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new limited express Hinotori during a press preview in Osaka on Feb. 5, 2020. The train's commercial service is scheduled to begin on March 14 between Osaka and Nagoya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kintetsu Railway's new limited express

Photo taken in Osaka on Feb. 5, 2020, shows Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new limited express Hinotori, set to begin running between Osaka and Nagoya on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kintetsu Railway's new express train

Photo taken Nov. 19, 2019, in Yao, Osaka, shows Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new express train Hinotori that will link Osaka and Nagoya in about two hours from March 14, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kintetsu Railway's new express train

Photo taken Nov. 19, 2019, in Yao, Osaka, shows a premium seat of Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new express train Hinotori that will link Osaka and Nagoya in about two hours from March 14, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sightseeing train in western Japan

File photo taken in August 2016 in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, shows the Blue Symphony tourist train operated by Kintetsu Railway Co. that runs between Osaka and Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kintetsu, Orix agreed on merger in May

OSAKA, Japan - Masanori Yamaguchi (foreground), president of Kinki Nippon Railway Co. which owns the rights to the Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Tetsuya Kobayashi, president of the Pacific League baseball club, speak at a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on June 13 about a merger between the Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave, another baseball club in the Pacific League. (Kyodo)