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(5)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame leaves Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, for Shin-Yatsushiro Station in Kumamoto Prefecture, as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro on March 13.

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(4)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Two railway fans takes pictures of Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame in an orange farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on March 13, as the train service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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(2) Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame departs from Kagoshima-Chuo Station with Mt. Sakurajima in the background on March 13 as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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(1)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame No. 1 (L) arrives at Kagoshima-Chuo Station as Tsubame No. 40 leaves the station on March 13. Part of the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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(3)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame comes out of a tunnel March 13 as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. At the opening ceremony at Kagoshima-Chuo station, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said the launch of the Kyushu Shinkansen ''will activate economies along the line and attract more tourists to the region.''

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JR Kyushu unveils bullet train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A miniature of a JR Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train is unveiled at a press conference in Fukuoka on Dec. 17. The train is due to debut in the spring of 2004 on the new JR Kyushu Shinkansen line linking Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Nishi-Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Work to prevent train derailment in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 26, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows shinkansen bullet train tracks under repair between JR Kumamoto and Shin-Yatsushiro stations in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. Kyushu Railway Co. said the same day it will enhance safety measures by installing equipment to prevent derailments on its tracks, in the wake of powerful earthquakes earlier in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work to prevent train derailment in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 26, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows shinkansen bullet train tracks under repair between JR Kumamoto and Shin-Yatsushiro stations in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. Kyushu Railway Co. said the same day it will enhance safety measures by installing equipment to prevent derailments on its tracks, in the wake of powerful earthquakes earlier in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work to prevent train derailment in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 26, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Shin-Yatsushiro station under repair in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. Kyushu Railway Co. said the same day it will enhance safety measures by installing equipment to prevent derailments on its shinkansen bullet train tracks, in the wake of powerful earthquakes earlier in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame No. 1 (L) arrives at Kagoshima-Chuo Station as Tsubame No. 40 leaves the station on March 13. Part of the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(5)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame leaves Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, for Shin-Yatsushiro Station in Kumamoto Prefecture, as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro on March 13. (Kyodo)

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(4)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Two railway fans takes pictures of Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame in an orange farm in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on March 13, as the train service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(3)Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame comes out of a tunnel March 13 as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. At the opening ceremony at Kagoshima-Chuo station, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said the launch of the Kyushu Shinkansen ''will activate economies along the line and attract more tourists to the region.'' (Kyodo)

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(2) Part of Kyushu Shinkansen service launched

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train Tsubame departs from Kagoshima-Chuo Station with Mt. Sakurajima in the background on March 13 as the service opened for business on a 128-kilometer route between Kagoshima-Chuo, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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JR Kyushu unveils bullet train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A miniature of a JR Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train is unveiled at a press conference in Fukuoka on Dec. 17. The train is due to debut in the spring of 2004 on the new JR Kyushu Shinkansen line linking Shin-Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Nishi-Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)