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Japan: Bullet Train Service Suspended After Strong Quake Strikes Off Kyushu 2

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory. Shinkansen (bullet train) services were temporarily suspended due to power outage caused by the quake. This video was filmed on a Shinkansen train heading to Toyohashi Station in central Japan.

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Japan: Structure Fire Sends Huge Black Smoke In Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture

A large fire erupted at a car dealer's warehouse in Toyohashi, central Japan Friday, August 2. There were around 50 vehicles stored inside the building, according to reports. There is no reports of injuries. Videos posted on social media show large plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

GAMAGORI, Japan, July 22 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 8

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

Photo taken in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, on July 22, 2024, show a maintenance vehicle that derailed earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Japan

A woman cleans her restaurant after it was inundated with floodwater after heavy rainfall, caused by a typhoon, occurred in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Japan

A woman cleans her restaurant after it was inundated with floodwater after heavy rainfall, caused by a typhoon, occurred in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Heavy rain in Japan

Photo taken on June 3, 2023, shows a flooded eggplant greenhouse in the Aichi Prefecture city of Toyohashi, central Japan, following heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Mawar.

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Heavy rain in Japan

Photo taken on June 3, 2023, shows a flooded eggplant greenhouse in the Aichi Prefecture city of Toyohashi, central Japan, following heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Mawar.

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Heavy rain in Japan

A crane drags a car out of a flooded field in the Aichi Prefecture city of Toyohashi, central Japan, on June 3, 2023, following heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Mawar.

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Sorting robot at Kao warehouse

Photo taken March 27, 2023, shows a sorting robot (C) and unmanned transport vehicles introduced inside a new warehouse of Japanese consumer and chemical products maker Kao Corp. in Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Denso unveils freezer-aided marine container

NAGOYA, Japan - Denso Corp. unveils a marine container equipped with a freezing system in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, in a move seeking to diversify its business outside the traditional sector of automotive components.

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Global debut eyed for seafood boiled in soy sauce

TOKYO, Japan - Hiramatsu Seafoods Co. President Kensuke Hiramatsu has a business meeting with a Thai wholesaler in Bangkok on Sept. 8, 2014. The company from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, aims to globally expand a distribution network for "tsukudani," a traditional Japanese seafood dish simmered in sweetened soy sauce.

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Device for remote-controlled hand shake

NAGOYA, Japan - Takanori Miyoshi, associate professor of control engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, demonstrates a hand shake with a newly developed device capable of imitating a hand-shaking movement of another device by transmitting data through the Internet, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 2, 2014. The device is applicable to other hand movements such as arm wrestling and communication between people visually impaired or hard of hearing.

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Small 4-blade wind-power generator in operation in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - A small four-blade wind-power generator is seen in operation in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in this photo taken on April 8, 2014. The blades, each about 2.5 meters long and 40 cm wide, flutter up and down on a 5-meter pole to produce 350 watts of electricity.

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Suzuki's parents cheer for daughter

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Keiko Suzuki (L) and Kazunori Suzuki on Feb. 21, 2014, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, cheer for their daughter Akiko competing in the Sochi Olympics figure skating event in Russia.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the 1 millionth Volkswagen car -- the Golf -- imported by the Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Volkswagen cars are unshipped in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. The Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Polar bear breeding program

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2011 shows polar bear Candy at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The 18-year-old female was moved from Toyohashi Zoo & Botanical Park in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, in March on lease for a breeding program.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A bag containing culled chickens hangs prior to burial at a farm where bird flu infections have been confirmed in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of Aichi Prefecture carry out bags containing culled chickens from a poultry house in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011, after chickens at the poultry farm tested positive for avian flu.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An Aichi prefectural government worker in a protective suit disinfects a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2011, after suspected bird flu infections were found at the farm.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 26, 2011, shows a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, where suspected bird flu infections were found.

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - A truck overturned on a bridge over the Toyokawa river in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An official of the Aichi prefectural government inspects a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government inspect a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further.

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Kimata exits DPJ for assaulting female bar worker

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Yoshitake Kimata bows during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 21 after leaving the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Kimata assaulted a female bar worker in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, last year while he was drinking.

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N. Korean ship ordered to carry charts, panel lamps

TOYOHASHI, Japan - The Chubu regional transport bureau on June 11 ordered the 2,716-ton North Korean freighter Turubong (in photo) to equip itself with marine charts and panel lamps to illuminate lifeboats, or the ship will not be able to leave Mikawa port in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.

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Former home affairs minister, MITI head Murata dies at 79

NAGOYA, Japan - Keijiro Murata (file photo), a former minister of home affairs and head of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry, died after a stroke at a hospital in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, his family said. He was 79. Murata retired from politics in 2000.

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Tanishige hits 3-run double

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Chunichi Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige hits a three-run double with bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Hanshin Tigers at Toyohashi Ball Park on April 16. Chunichi beat Hanshin 7-3.

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Thai boy sues Japanese man for alleged molestation

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A group of lawyers walk down to the Toyohashi branch of the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 16 to file a lawsuit against a Japanese man on behalf of a 15-year-old Thai boy, who was allegedly molested by the man in a Thai hotel room three years ago. The suit is the first in Japan alleging a Japanese national inflicted sexual abuse on children abroad, the boy's lawyers said.

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Honda Electronics' ultrasonic microscope for cells

Honda Electronics and Prof. Naohiro Hozumi of Toyohashi University of Technology have developed an ultrasonic microscope that can observe the state of cultured cells as a continuous tomogram, and will build a prototype for commercialization by December, followed by evaluation of the microscope at Hamamatsu University of Medicine. They aim to commercialize the microscope within four years after the evaluation. The aim is to use the microscope in regenerative medicine and drug discovery. The developed ultrasound microscope for cell observation incorporates software for acoustic analysis method developed at Toyohashi University of Technology. By using the acoustic analysis method, it is possible to view the fault information of living cells without touching the cell culture medium. Image taken on June 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tanishige hits 3-run double

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Chunichi Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige hits a three-run double with bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Hanshin Tigers at Toyohashi Ball Park on April 16. Chunichi beat Hanshin 7-3.

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Kimata exits DPJ for assaulting female bar worker

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Yoshitake Kimata bows during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 21 after leaving the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Kimata assaulted a female bar worker in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, last year while he was drinking. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean ship ordered to carry charts, panel lamps

TOYOHASHI, Japan - The Chubu regional transport bureau on June 11 ordered the 2,716-ton North Korean freighter Turubong (in photo) to equip itself with marine charts and panel lamps to illuminate lifeboats, or the ship will not be able to leave Mikawa port in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 35

35 Yoshida - Bridge over the Toyo River, and in the right foreground workmen repairing the castle. This station flourished following the erection of the castle in 1505. Here a bridge was allowed to be built over the river flowing west of the station. The town has now grown to become Toyohashi City. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Electric vehicle that can run without battery unveiled

The world's first electric vehicle that runs without carrying a battery, developed by Japan's Toyohashi University of Technology and Taisei Corp., carries out a test run in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on March 18, 2016. The vehicle has special tires that draw power from an electrified road surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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38-year-old elephant to give birth

Zoo staff practice getting Asha, an Asian elephant due to give birth in the fall of 2016, into a container at Zoo & Botanical Park in Toyohashi, central Japan, on Oct. 16, 2015, ahead of her trip to a zoo in Ichihara, eastern Japan. Her rearers sent her to the Ichihara zoo in the carrier on Oct. 21 to ensure a calm environment for giving birth, which will take place during the park's renovation work. Asha, estimated to be 38 years old, or the human equivalent of her late 40s, will be the oldest Asian elephant to give birth in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men hold tubes for fireworks display during central Japan festival

Men brave a rain of sparks falling on them from handheld tubes of fireworks during a summer festival performance in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men brave rain of firework sparks during central Japan festival

Men hold tubes of fireworks amid a rain of sparks during a performance at a summer festival in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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$80 high-performance Japanese masks are all the rage amid MERS fear

Photo taken in the central Japanese city of Toyohashi in June 2015 shows "Pittarich," a high-performance mask sold for 9,980 yen (about $81). Since the first MERS patient in South Korea was confirmed the previous month, the mask, boasting a filter made with a 0.06-square micrometer-mesh to shut out viruses, has been scooped up by trading firms and customers in South Korea, China and Thailand, according to its manufacturer, Clever. The daily production volume jumped 10 times to about 10,000 from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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$80 high-performance Japanese masks are all the rage amid MERS fear

An employee of mesh products manufacturer Clever makes "Pittarich," a high-performance mask sold for 9,980 yen (about $81), in the central Japanese city of Toyohashi in June 2015. Since the first MERS patient in South Korea was confirmed the previous month, the mask, boasting a filter made with a 0.06-square micrometer-mesh to shut out viruses, has been scooped up by trading firms and customers in South Korea, China and Thailand, according to Clever. The daily production volume jumped 10 times to about 10,000 from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen ups max train speed to 285 kph

A driver operates the controls during a test operation on Feb. 25, 2015, of a Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinakansen bullet train running at 285 kilometers per hour between Hamamatsu and Toyohashi sations, central Japan, up from the current maximum speed of 270 kph. Starting on March 14, the fastest bullet train will link Japan's two biggest business centers in two hours and 22 minutes, cutting 3 minutes from the current travel time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skateboarding in Japan

This photo taken April 2, 2021, shows a sign at JR Toyohashi Station in the Aichi Prefecture city of Toyohashi, central Japan, prohibiting skateboarding on the premises of the station.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Olympic figure skater Akiko Suzuki runs in Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 6, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former Olympic figure skater Akiko Suzuki runs in Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 6, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.