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Funeral for cat stationmaster

A funeral for cat stationmaster Nitama is held at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025, following the cat's death in November at age 15.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi prays at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi (C) meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi (C) meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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China-Laos Railway handles over 180,000 cross-border passenger trips

STORY: China-Laos Railway handles over 180,000 cross-border passenger trips SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Laos Railway 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG QIANG, Stationmaster of Mohan border inspection station 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZOU WENNIAN, Chinese businessman in Laos 3. various of passengers STORYLINE: As of Saturday, the China-Laos Railway has handled over 180,000 cross-border passenger trips since its international passenger service opened a year ago. According to the Mohan checkpoint on China's border with Laos in southwest China's Yunnan, 738 international passenger trains have been operated during the period, facilitating the smooth entry and exit of 183,000 passengers from 87 countries and regions. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG QIANG, Stationmaster of Mohan border inspection station "We've installed smart translation equipment that can translate more than 70 languages, making c

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29th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at an altar set up at Tokyo Metro Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2024, the 29th anniversary of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at Kasumigaseki, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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Thunderbird express train in central Japan

The stationmaster and other well wishers see off a Thunderbird express train at Wakuraonsen Station in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 15, 2024, as the train makes its final run to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.

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SNCF Controllers Social Movement - Lyon

A TGV IN OUI in the station, departing for the Alps, with a stationmaster to ensure smooth departure, during the social movement of SNCF controllers, at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, France, Lyon, on February 16, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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SNCF Controllers Social Movement - Lyon

A TGV IN OUI in the station, departing for the Alps, with a stationmaster to ensure smooth departure, during the social movement of SNCF controllers, at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, France, Lyon, on February 16, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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SNCF Controllers Social Movement - Lyon

A TGV IN OUI in the station, departing for the Alps, with a stationmaster to ensure smooth departure, during the social movement of SNCF controllers, at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, France, Lyon, on February 16, 2024. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Feline stationmaster in Fukushima Pref.

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023, shows Sakura, a female cat who was appointed as the third-generation honorary stationmaster of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the same day, replacing her brother who died in October 2022.

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Feline stationmaster in Fukushima Pref.

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023, shows Sakura, a female cat who was appointed as the third-generation honorary stationmaster of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the same day, replacing her brother who died in October 2022.

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China-Laos Railway transports over 10 mln passengers

STORY: China-Laos Railway transports over 10 mln passengers DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Laos Railway 2. various of passengers 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHENG BIN, Deputy stationmaster of Kunming Railway Station 4. various of the China-Laos Railway STORYLINE: As of Tuesday, the China-Laos Railway had operated 20,000 passenger trains and handled 10.3 million passenger trips since its launch in December 2021, the railway operator said Wednesday. The railway handled 8.7 million passenger trips for the China section, with daily passengers hitting 65,000. Meanwhile, 1.6 million passenger trips were logged in its Laos section, with the number of daily passengers reaching 8,800, said the China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd. The number of stations in Laos that can handle passenger service has increased from 7 in the initial period to 10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHENG BIN, Deputy stationmaster of Kunming Railway Station "The pass

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Yokai Watch character acts as stationmaster

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Jibanyan (R), a mascot character for the popular role-playing video game Yokai Watch, becomes "stationmaster" for one day of "Kemamoto Station," an imaginary railway station in the game, together with another character, Emeralnyan, (L) at Kyushu Railway Co.'s Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014.

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Yokai Watch character swarmed by kids in western Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Jibanyan, a mascot character for the popular role-playing video game Yokai Watch, is surrounded by children in front of Kyushu Railway Co.'s Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014, during an event in which it acted as "stationmaster" for one day of "Kemamoto Station," an imaginary station that appears in the game.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer, British consul general in Osaka, pats "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer (R), British consul general in Osaka, meets "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Kitten named 'apprentice attendant' at rail station

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Michiko Kobayashi, manager of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, holds a kitten appointed as an "apprentice attendant" on July 28, 2014. She hopes the kitten will succeed an aging "cat stationmaster" in the near future.

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Subway attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Stationmaster Kiyoji Sato heads to offer a bouquet during a ceremony at Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2013. A ceremony was held to mark the 18th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack at one of the stations where 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were injured.

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New Tokyo Station shown to press ahead of grand opening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the stationmaster's office at Tokyo Station on Sept. 24, 2012, when the new red-brick station building was shown to the press with its five-year renovation almost complete ahead of its grand opening on Oct. 1. The main building has two domes which have been restored to their original appearance in 1914.

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Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.''

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LED bulbs to quake-hit railways

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the famous calico cat also known as ''stationmaster,'' is pictured with light-emitting diode bulbs that features her in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2011. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. said the same day that it will donate 610 ''Tama bulbs'' to 10 northeastern Japan railway operators hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Pony 'stationmaster' promotes horseracing

OSAKA, Japan - A toddler looks at a pony dressed as a station master at Keihan Railway Temmabashi Station in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2010. The pony was brought from Japan Racing Association's Kyoto Race Course to promote an upcoming horse race at the course and will be taken to Yodo Station on Nov. 27 when the race starts.

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Tama, the ''stationmaster'' of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. The company unveiled a station building which has a cat-shaped exterior and decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan.

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather at the newly renovated Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line, famous for its cat ''stationmaster'' Tama, in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. unveiled the building which has a cat-shaped exterior and an interior with decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan.

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks pleased when she was presented with a two-car train featuring her likeness and special logos by Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks out of the window from the driver's room of the ''Tama Densha'' at Idakiso Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21.

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27th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at Tokyo Metro Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2022, the 27th anniversary of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at Kasumigaseki, was killed in the attack.

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27th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at Tokyo Metro Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2022, the 27th anniversary of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at Kasumigaseki, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks out of the window from the driver's room of the ''Tama Densha'' at Idakiso Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21. (Kyodo)

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks pleased when she was presented with a two-car train featuring her likeness and special logos by Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21 (Kyodo)

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Book about cat stationmaster Tama released

Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., attends an event at Kishi Station with cat stationmaster Nitama to introduce a book about Tama, Nitama's predecessor, in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on July 15, 2016. Tama, who died aged 16 in June 2015, is credited with rescuing the railway operator from financial difficulties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral for stationmaster cat Bus held in Fukushima Pref.

The male cat Love, who became honorary stationmaster at Aizu Railway's Ashinomaki Onsen Station in December 2015, sits by a photo of his predecessor, the female cat Bus, during her funeral at the station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on May 1, 2016. Around 300 people attended the ceremony for Bus, who died on April 22, at an estimated age of 18, equivalent to 100 in human years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral for stationmaster cat Bus held in Fukushima Pref.

A funeral for former stationmaster cat Bus is held at Aizu Railway's Ashinomaki Onsen Station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on May 1, 2016, with around 300 people in attendance. The female cat, who became the honorary stationmaster in 2008 and was succeeded by Love the previous December, died on April 22, at an estimated age of 18, equivalent to 100 in human years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Shizue Takahashi, 69, speaks with reporters after laying flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2016, the 21st anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured over 6,000 others in the capital. Takahashi, whose husband Kazumasa, an assistant stationmaster, died in the attack, said that even though 21 years have passed, visiting the station caused her to feel as if it happened just yesterday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kumamon Station" launched in southwest Japan

"Kumamon," the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, poses with children inside JR Kumamoto Station's stationmaster room in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan on March 1, 2016. The station will be dubbed "Kumamon Station" until the end of September, as a promotional campaign was launched the same day to commemorate the fifth anniversary of full shinkansen bullet train operations in the Kyushu region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese prefecture inducts late "stationmaster cat" into Hall of Fame

Tama, honorary stationmaster of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. in western Japan, attends an event at her station in January 2013. Wakayama Prefecture inducted Tama, who died in June 2015 after bringing attention to the struggling railway line, into its newly established Hall of Fame on Feb. 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another cat appointed to succeed Bus the stationmaster

Love, the newly appointed feline "station master" of Ashinomaki-Onsen Station, is pictured at the station in Aizuwakamatsu, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, on Dec. 24, 2015. The same day, Love succeeded Bus, the first cat to have taken on the role in 2008, who is retiring due to old age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another cat appointed to succeed Bus the stationmaster

Love, the newly appointed feline "station master" of Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, wears a Santa Claus costume on Dec. 24, 2015. Love succeeded the title from Bus, the first cat to have taken on the role in 2008 and who is retiring due to old age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another cat appointed to succeed Bus the stationmaster

Children stroke Love, the newly appointed feline "station master" of Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, on Dec. 24, 2015. The same day, Love succeeded Bus, the first cat to have taken on the role in 2008, who is retiring due to old age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another cat appointed to succeed Bus the stationmaster

Love (L), the newly appointed feline "station master" of Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, is pictured Dec. 24, 2015 alongside Bus, the first cat to have taken on the role, at a ceremony on marking the succession of the title due to Bus's retirement from old age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another cat appointed to succeed Bus the stationmaster

Love (L), the newly appointed feline "station master" of Ashinomaki-Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, a town in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, is pictured Dec. 24, 2015 alongside Bus, the first cat to have taken on the role, at a ceremony on marking the succession of the title due to Bus's retirement from old age. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nitama lights illuminations on Christmas tree

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, pushes a button to light illuminations on a Christmas tree at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 22, 2015. In August, Nitama assumed the post of cat stationmaster, succeeding Tama, who was credited with rescuing Wakayama Electric Railway Co. from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stationmaster cat Nitama

Fans take photos of Nitama, a female calico cat held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., after an official event at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Sept. 6, 2015. The event was held to unveil a wooden bench donated to the station. Nitama is Kishi Station's honorary stationmaster, having succeeded Tama, the previous feline holder of the post, who died aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stationmaster Nitama attends official event

Nitama, a female calico cat seen in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., attends an official event at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Sept. 6, 2015. The event was held to unveil a wooden bench donated to the station. Nitama succeeded Tama, the previous feline stationmaster, who died aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Tetsuya Yuzuriha, JR Kamedake Station's stationmaster who also runs a soba buckwheat noodle shop at the station in the town of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, holds lunch boxes on Aug. 12, 2015. He gets up at 5 a.m. to make soba and sells lunch boxes on the platform to train passengers while managing the station as the stationmaster at the same time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Tetsuya Yuzuriha (2nd from L), JR Kamedake Station's stationmaster who also runs a soba buckwheat noodle shop at the station in the town of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, sells lunch boxes on the platform to train passengers on Aug. 12, 2015. He gets up at 5 a.m. to make soba while managing the station as the stationmaster at the same time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo