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Exterior, logo, and sign of Niigata Station

Exterior, logo, and sign of Niigata Station=May 19,2026,Niigata

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Exterior, logo, and sign of Niigata Station

Exterior, logo, and sign of Niigata Station=May 19,2026,Niigata

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Heavy snowfall in Japan

People walk on a snow-covered road near JR Niigata Station in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2025.

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Snowfall in Japan

People walk on a snow-covered street near JR Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture in Japan on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Snowfall in Japan

People walk on a snow-covered street near JR Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture in Japan on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

People wait for a taxi at JR Nagaoka Station in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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(1)Joetsu Shinkansen services fully resume

NAGAOKA, Japan - A Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo arrives at JR Nagaoka Station in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 28 as East Japan Railway Co. resumed full services on the line. Bullet train services between Echigo-Yuzawa and Nagaoka stations were suspended following the deadly Oct. 23 quakes that caused the Toki No. 325 bullet train to derail.

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(2)Joetsu Shinkansen services fully resume

NAGAOKA, Japan - Passengers board a Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train bound for Niigata at JR Nagaoka Station in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 28 as full services on the line resumed.

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IAEA ends 4-day checkup of quake-hit Japan nuclear plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Philippe Jamet (C), who heads a six-member team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Niigata Prefecture on Aug. 9 after ending a four-day examination of the plant.

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IAEA begins assessing quake-hit nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 6 to conduct a four-day assessment of the power plant damaged by a powerful earthquake on July 16.

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IAEA experts arrive in Japan to assess quake-hit nuke plant

NARITA, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters on his arrival at Narita airport Aug. 5 together with other nuclear experts and specialists in seismic safety to assess the damage to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture which was hit by a major earthquake in July.

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New bullet train station in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Joetsu-myoko station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shown in this photo taken on Aug. 17, 2014, is one of the new station built for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to be operated from March 14, 2015.

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Joetsu Thermal Power Station in Niigata Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a power generating facility at the Joetsu Thermal Power Station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, on June 10, 2014. Chubu Electric Power Co.'s power station, built near the Sea of Japan coast in case of a disaster on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan, has recently started general operations.

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Niigata official meets press over iodine tablets scandal

NIIGATA, Japan - Yasumasa Mizusawa, a senior official in charge of pharmaceutical affairs of the Niigata prefectural government, meets reporters about a scandal over stable iodine tablets at the prefectural government office building in Niigata City on April 22, 2014. The prefecture failed to prepare the tablets for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies but received the state subsidy.

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Iodine tablets scandal in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Samples of iodine tablets such as the Niigata prefectural government failed to purchase for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies are shown in this undated file photo. The prefectural government's document shows the tablets were purchased and the state had provided a subsidy of about 8 million yen.

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Filter vent system at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 7

KARIWA, Japan - The filter vent system of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station's Unit 7 (R front) in the village of Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, is photographed on April, 10, 2014. Tokyo Electric Power Co. completed a ventilation test of the system that day.

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30th anniversary of Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train

NIIGATA, Japan - The latest E5 series train leaves JR Niigata station in Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 17, 2012, on a special run to mark the 30th anniversary of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) Joetsu Shinkansen Line.

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Titanium sculpture from Niigata in London

LONDON, Britain - A titanium sculpture with leaf-shaped icons is pictured on July 31, 2012, where it stands in front of Stratford station in London, near the Olympic Stadium. A technique developed by a company in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture, enables the sculpture's leaves to reflect a wide array of colors depending on the angle of light.

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Levee under construction at nuclear plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A levee to protect against tsunami is constructed in front of the No. 3 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture on June 22, 2012.

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Levee at nuclear power plant

NIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. shows to reporters the construction of a levee to protect against tsunami at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Mega solar power station in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida (L) visits a mega solar power station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. The Niigata prefectural government hopes to begin operation of the power plant in late October. Attention to solar power has increased in Japan due to power supply constraints stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Posters over length of high school skirts causing controversy

NIIGATA, Japan - Two high school girls wearing miniskirts as part of their school uniforms walk in front of Niigata Station.

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Quake-hit Niigata residents cast ballots for upper house election

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Voters in quake-hit Kashiwazaki, central Niigata Prefecture, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 29 at a polling station (fore) created inside a gymnasium of a community center where 48 people still take shelter.

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Tokyo Electric plays down safety concerns on quake-hit plant

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Takekuro, an executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 25, playing down mounting safety concerns both inside and outside of Japan over its quake-hit waterfront nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, saying the radioactive leaks into the sea and air after the quake were ''extremely small.''

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Death toll rises to 9, nearly 1,000 hurt in Niigata quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Workers examine a derailed train car at JR Kashiwazaki Station in Niigata Prefecture on July 17, a day after a major earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.8 struck the area.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A collapsed slope covers a section of the JR Shinetsu Line near Oumigawa Station (L, top) in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16 after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Oumigawa Station on the Shinetsu Line in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, was buried by a collapsed slope on July 16 after a strong earthquake rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A collapsed slope covers a section of the JR Shinetsu Line near Oumigawa Station (L, bottom) in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16 after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A train car lies derailed July 16 at JR Kashiwazaki Station in Niigata Prefecture after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A train car lies derailed July 16 at JR Kashiwazaki Station in Niigata Prefecture after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity the same day.

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M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers sit down on a Joetsu Shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo Station on July 16 after bullet train services were disrupted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 that rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity earlier in the day.

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Kim Young Nam's kin visit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in North Korea, and Kim Young Ja, his sister, arrive at JR Niigata Station on May 30.

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Police agency head inspects security of nuclear power plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - National Police Agency chief Hidehiko Sato inspects a team of police officers tasked with security at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture on April 2. Since the outbreak of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, Niigata prefectural police officers armed with rifles and submachine guns have patrolled inside the power station's compound around the clock.

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(2)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from R) and Yukiko Okudo (3rd from R) arrive at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 to board a Shinkansen bullet train to their hometowns in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. Hasuike and Okudo, along with three other Japanese nationals, returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978.

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(3)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese who returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, waves at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 ahead of her departure for her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture.

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Families, supporters of alleged abductees rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (center), 66, rallies outside JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Aug. 31 calling for the return of Japanese nationals allegedly abducted to North Korea, including her daughter Megumi who went missing from Niigata in 1977.

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(1)Supporters in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - England supporters dressed as goalkeeper David Seaman pose for a photograph with two Japanese schoolgirls near JR Niigata Station on June 15 ahead of England's second-round match with Denmark. (World Cup 2002)

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(2)Irish supporters in Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - An Irish supporter poses with Japanese children on arrival at JR Niigata Station on May 31. (World Cup 2002)

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Fuel arrives at storage site in Niigata nuclear plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Workers complete the unloading of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from a British cargo ship that arrived in a special port in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on March 24. The fuel was unloaded from the 5,271-ton Pacific Pintail freighter and delivered to a storage site inside Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station compound.

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MOX fuel shipment arrives at TEPCO's Niigata nuclear plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - The British ship Pacific Pintail, carrying a cargo of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, arrives at a port in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, on March 24 amid tight police security. The 5,271-ton cargo ship, which set sail from France in January with 28 containers of the highly toxic MOX fuel, docked at the private port of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station.

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Old loco marks centennial of author's birth

YUZAWA, Japan - An old-fashioned locomotive stands stationary Aug. 21 at Tsuchitaru railway station in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The loco leads a four-car train, the Komako, which is named after a geisha heroine in ''Yukiguni'' (Snow Country), authored by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). The train, whose operation marks the 100th anniversary of Kawabata's birth, shuttles between Yuzawa and Minakami in neighboring Gunma Prefecture.

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40th anniv. of Joetsu Shinkansen

Railway fans take photos of a shinkansen bullet train at JR Niigata Station on Nov. 12, 2022, three days before the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line, linking the Tokyo area and Niigata. The train is painted in the colors of the trains used when the line opened in 1982.

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40th anniv. of Joetsu Shinkansen

A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Niigata Station on Nov. 12, 2022, after a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line, linking the Tokyo area and Niigata. The train is painted in the colors of the trains used when the line opened in 1982.

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Self-driving test for shinkansen

A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture in Japan during a test run of a self-driving test in the early hours of Nov. 17, 2021. The test, the first of its kind for shinkansen already in commercial service, began on Oct. 29, and was opened to the media on Nov. 17.

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Kashiwazaki Mayor Sakurai receives a proposal from TEPCO to decommission the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station.

Masahiro Sakurai, the mayor of Kashiwazaki City in Niigata Prefecture, said on April 19 that the decommissioning plan for the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings, Inc. In August, the company announced its intention to decide on a policy of decommissioning one or more nuclear reactors within five years if it were to resume operations of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 6 and No. 7 reactors and secure a non-fossil power source ratio of more than 40%, combining renewable energy and nuclear power. Although the reactors passed the government's safety inspection in December 2017, Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has said that he will not discuss restarting the reactors until the results of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Verification Commission's review are available. Kashiwazaki City Mayor Sakurai and TEPCO HD President Kobayakawa at Kashiwazaki City Hall on November 19, 2019, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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IAEA begins assessing quake-hit nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 6 to conduct a four-day assessment of the power plant damaged by a powerful earthquake on July 16. (Kyodo)

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Posters over length of high school skirts causing controversy

NIIGATA, Japan - Two high school girls wearing miniskirts as part of their school uniforms walk in front of Niigata Station. (Kyodo)

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Old loco marks centennial of author's birth

YUZAWA, Japan - An old-fashioned locomotive stands stationary Aug. 21 at Tsuchitaru railway station in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The loco leads a four-car train, the Komako, which is named after a geisha heroine in ''Yukiguni'' (Snow Country), authored by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). The train, whose operation marks the 100th anniversary of Kawabata's birth, shuttles between Yuzawa and Minakami in neighboring Gunma Prefecture.