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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (top L) and the Komachi portion (bottom) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (L) and the Komachi portion (R) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a security camera (upper L, black part) on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a security camera (upper L) on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a restroom on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the interior of the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows seats in the more expensive "green" coach of the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013.

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The cockpit of the E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013.

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013.

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3 diplomats punished over false claims for allowances

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoji Komachi (R), director general of the Foreign Ministry's Secretariat, wipes his brow during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24 to announce another ministry scandal. The ministry disciplined Yoshihiko Arakawa, a former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya, Masaru Dekiba, former secretary at the embassy, and Hikaru Maekawa, another secretary at the embassy, for obtaining up to 2.25 million yen through false claims for housing and other benefits between 1997 and last year.

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Matsui reaches 2,000-hit milestone

Rakuten Eagles outfielder Kazuo Matsui holds up a sign marking his 2,000 career hits in Japan's top flight during the first inning of a game against the Softbank Hawks at Komachi Stadium in Akita, northern Japan, on July 28, 2015. Matsui, who played in the major leagues for seven years, became the 46th player to reach the batting milestone in Japan. ==Kyodo

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Matsui reaches 2,000-hit milestone

Former major leaguer Kazuo Matsui singles to center field in the first inning of the Rakuten Eagles' game against the Softbank Hawks at Komachi Stadium in Akita, Japan, on July 28, 2015, making him the 46th player to reach 2,000 hits in the nation's top flight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013. (Kyodo)

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The cockpit of the E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013. (Kyodo)

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New shinkansen train

RIFU, Japan - The E6 series Komachi train is shown to reporters in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. The new series of bullet train will run on the Akita Shinkansen Line from 2013. (Kyodo)

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A woman carrying a child on her back

A woman is carrying a baby on her back, and she has a hand towel on her head. She is holding a denden daiko to pacify the baby. She is wearing komachi geta clogs.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐2‐0]

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Akita shinkansen Komachi

File photo taken in March 2017 shows Akita shinkansen bullet train Komachi in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow sculpture of shinkansen bullet train

A snow sculpture of a "Komachi" shinkansen bullet train, with the top part sprayed in red, is displayed on a platform of JR Omagari Station in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2018. Station staff made the 20-meter-long sculpture to entertain passengers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 diplomats punished over false claims for allowances

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoji Komachi (R), director general of the Foreign Ministry's Secretariat, wipes his brow during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24 to announce another ministry scandal. The ministry disciplined Yoshihiko Arakawa, a former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya, Masaru Dekiba, former secretary at the embassy, and Hikaru Maekawa, another secretary at the embassy, for obtaining up to 2.25 million yen through false claims for housing and other benefits between 1997 and last year.