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FUKUOKA, Japan, March 10 Kyodo - A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively. (Kyodo)

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively.

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively.

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively.

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively.

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

Sanyo Shinkansen Line

A Shinkansen bullet train runs on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 10, 2025, the 50th anniversary since the full opening of the line connecting Hakata and Shin-Osaka stations in Fukuoka and Osaka prefectures, respectively.

New Year holiday exodus in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 31 Kyodo - A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on Dec. 28, 2024, with people heading to their hometowns and resort areas for New Year holidays. (Kyodo)

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs=November 7,2024,Japan

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs=November 7,2024,Japan

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs

Sanyo Electric Railway wrapped with Myakmyak and other designs=November 7,2024,Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

A ticket gate for Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen bullet trains at JR Tokyo Station is closed on Aug. 30, 2024, as the bullet train services are suspended due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

A ticket gate for Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen bullet trains at JR Tokyo Station is closed on Aug. 30, 2024, as the bullet train services are suspended due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

People pass by electric signboards at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 30, 2024, showing Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen bullet train services suspended due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

Japan: Cars Drive Through Smoke-Filled Tunnel After Fire On Expressway

A car fire erupted inside a tunnel on Sanyo Expressway in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan on Saturday, August 10 filing the tunnel with smoke and shutting down the highway for both directions for hours. There was heavy traffic on the highway at the the time as it was the first day of Bon holidays. No injuries were reported.

Tokyo-Osaka bullet train service resumes after halt

Tokyo-Osaka bullet train service resumes after halt

A train service information board at JR Hamamatsu Station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, shows the resumption of services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines on the morning of July 23, 2024. An accident involving railway maintenance vehicles caused an all-day suspension on part of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line a day earlier, while the Sanyo Shinkansen Line was also disrupted by the accident.

Shinkansen business seats

Shinkansen business seats

Photo taken in an unknown location on Oct. 6, 2023, shows shinkansen bullet train seats that Central Japan Railway Co. will introduce from Oct. 20 in its Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama cars, running on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines for those seeking to work comfortably. Making taking notes and using PCs easier, the more spacious S WorkP Seats cost an additional 1,200 yen (about $8).

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Photovoltaic power generation facility Solar Ark

Solar Ark, a photovoltaic power generation facility opened by Sanyo Electric in 2002=Date:August 4, 2023,Place:Gifu pref.

Train-truck collision

Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo taken in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2013, shows the driver's cabin of a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed truck at a crossing in the western Japan city on Feb. 12. Fifteen people were injured.

Train-truck collision

Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

15 injured in collision between train, truck

15 injured in collision between train, truck

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a derailed train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. after a collision with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured in the accident.

Train-truck collision

Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

Train-truck collision

Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

Train-truck collision

Train-truck collision

TAKASAGO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a train operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co. that derailed after colliding with a flatbed carrier truck at a crossing near Arai Station in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2013. Fifteen people were injured.

Panasonic launches new group structure

Panasonic launches new group structure

OSAKA, Japan - The logo at the Sanyo Electric Co. headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, is seen replaced with ''Panasonic'' on Dec. 30, 2011. Japan's major electronics maker Panasonic Corp. launched its new group structure on Jan. 1, 2012, reorganizing its business divisions and two wholly owned units -- Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. -- into three main groups as it places greater emphasis on energy-related businesses.

Sanyo electric fan caused fire, killing couple in Tokyo

Sanyo electric fan caused fire, killing couple in Tokyo

OSAKA, Japan - Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 23. Sano announced that an old electric fan made by Sanyo Electric Co. around 1970 caused a fire in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Aug. 20, killing a couple.

JR West promotes train rides for senior travelers

JR West promotes train rides for senior travelers

OSAKA, Japan - Actress Ran Ito (R) poses with West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe in Osaka on Dec. 17, 2014, at a press conference announcing the launch of a campaign to promote train rides for travelers aged 50 and over in 2015 by discounting tickets for Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains.

Loco regains original luster by volunteer repair

Loco regains original luster by volunteer repair

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - An old steam locomotive regains its original luster thanks to repair work by volunteers at a park in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. Local children used to call the engine a "ghost loco" due to its serious damage from long exposure to weather.

Volunteers repair weather-beaten locomotive

Volunteers repair weather-beaten locomotive

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Tetsuro Murano works to repair a steam locomotive as a volunteer at a park in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. Local children used to call the engine a "ghost loco" due to its serious damage from long exposure to weather.

Japan wear distributor shows prototypes of Mackintosh London

Japan wear distributor shows prototypes of Mackintosh London

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Shokai Ltd. unveils prototypes of Mackintosh London brand clothing in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, as a successor to Burberry London for which a licensing contract will end next June.

Model train diorama installed on Shinkansen train

Model train diorama installed on Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A model train diorama is installed on a Sanyo Shinkansen "Kodama" bullet train at West Japan Railway Co.'s rail yard in Fukuoka Prefecture on July 2, 2014. The renovated train will run between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations from July 19 through March 2015, making one roundtrip a day.

Sanyo's headquarters

Sanyo's headquarters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 7, 2013, shows the No. 1 building of Sanyo Electric Co.'s headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture. Panasonic Corp. is in talks to sell its subsidiary Sanyo's headquarters buildings and land in Moriguchi to the city government, Kintetsu Real Estate Co. and Towa Pharmaceutical Co., sources close to the matter said Oct. 23.

Retired rugby player

Retired rugby player

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sinali Latu (front C) of Sanyo Electric Co. scoring a try during the 1995 national corporate rugby championship at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo.

Firm raided over workers' bile duct cancer

Firm raided over workers' bile duct cancer

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators from the Osaka Labor Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare leave printing firm Sanyo-CYP Co. in Osaka on April 2, 2013, after confiscating documents during a search on suspicion that the company neglected its duty to take proper care of its workers' health. Seventeen workers suffered from bile duct cancer, eight of whom have died.

Firm raided over workers' bile duct cancer

Firm raided over workers' bile duct cancer

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators from the Osaka Labor Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare enter printing firm Sanyo-CYP Co. in Osaka on April 2, 2013, to search the office on suspicion the company neglected its duty to take proper care of its workers' health. Seventeen of them suffered from bile duct cancer, eight of whom died.

Retiring shinkansen trains

Retiring shinkansen trains

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 100 series (L) and 300 series shinkansen bullet trains in Fukuoka Prefecture on Feb. 1, 2012. Both series of trains will be retired March 16, 2012, on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.

Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

Retired shinkansen train

Retired shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a family have fun around a 0 series shinkansen bullet train displayed at the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park museum in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2011. The original 0 series trains were put into operation when the Tokaido Shinkansen Line opened in 1964. They ran on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines and retired in 2008.

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

Sanyo Shokai's luxury coat to support Japan quake victims

Sanyo Shokai's luxury coat to support Japan quake victims

NEW YORK, United States - A man wears a limited edition coat with the stitched-letter of ''Kibo'' (hope) inside, which was manufactured in disaster-hit northeastern Japan using materials from the area to support the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Major Japanese apparel company Sanyo Shokai Ltd. is scheduled to launch the luxurious trench coats for men on Oct. 24, 2011, at Saks Fifth Avenue, an upper-end department store in New York, at the price of $795 apiece. All proceeds will be donated to a quake relief charity.

Sanyo to take down Piccadilly ad

Sanyo to take down Piccadilly ad

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2011, shows Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electronics Co.'s neon-light advertisement display at Piccadilly Circus in central London. Company officials said the same day they will take it down by the end of this year.

Historic hotel being torn down

Historic hotel being torn down

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Demolition work begins on Jan. 14, 2011, on the Sanyo Hotel building in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which used to accommodate guests including members of Japan's imperial family and U.S. baseball legend Babe Ruth.

Sanyo's IC recorder ICR-PS515RM

Sanyo's IC recorder ICR-PS515RM

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s new IC recorder ICR-PS515RM. Sanyo began selling the model on Nov. 26, 2010 with the angle of the microphone capable of being adjusted.