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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Passengers view information boards at JR Sendai Station in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 20, 2026, after the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line was suspended following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Passengers view an information board at JR Sendai Station in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 20, 2026, after the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line was suspended following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

A ticket gate area at JR Sendai Station in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is crowded with passengers on April 20, 2026, after the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line was suspended following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in northeastern and northern Japan.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - Video shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion. (Kyodo)

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

Photo shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line (L) and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

TOKYO, Japan, March 6 Kyodo - Video take photos of a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line following an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

People take photos of a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line following an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo on March 6, 2025, after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Shinkansen halted after train's cars decouple

An electronic sign at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of a suspension of Shinkansen bullet train services in eastern Japan on March 6, 2025, after two train cars on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line decoupled, causing an emergency stop.

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Shinkansen halted after train cars decouple

Photo taken March 6, 2025, shows a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line making an emergency stop near JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Tokyo after two cars decoupled. The incident led to a suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (top L) and the Komachi portion (bottom) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Bullet train cars disengage en route to Tokyo

Photo shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (L) and the Komachi portion (R) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept. 19, 2024.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet trains featuring Disney characters are pictured at JR Sendai Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2023. They started running between Sendai and Tokyo the same day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Disney Resort.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet trains featuring Disney characters are pictured at JR Sendai Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2023. They started running between Sendai and Tokyo the same day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Disney Resort.

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Tohoku Shinkansen train line marks 30th anniversary

SAITAMA, Japan - An original Yamabiko train leaves for a commemorative run after a ceremony at JR Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on June 23, 2012, to mark 30 years in service of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train connecting Tokyo and the northeastern Tohoku region.

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Tohoku bullet train service fully resumes

SENDAI, Japan - The bullet train Hayabusa from Tokyo heads to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 29, 2011, as services fully resumed between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time in 50 days since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. In the background are temporary housing units for disaster survivors under construction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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Tokyo-Sendai bullet train service resumed

SENDAI, Japan - A passenger looks at temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on April 25, 2011, from the window of a bullet train. The Tohoku Shinkansen Line service between Sendai and Fukushima stations resumed the same day for the first time since the March 11 disaster devastated a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan, linking Tokyo and Sendai, the Miyagi capital.

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Tokyo-Sendai bullet train service resumed

SENDAI, Japan - The Yamabiko No. 304 bullet train bound for Tokyo enters Sendai station in Miyagi Prefecture on the morning of April 25, 2011. East Japan Railway Co. resumed service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Fukushima stations the same day, linking Tokyo and the Miyagi capital for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Tohoku Shinkansen Line partially resumes service

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Passengers wait on a platform as a bullet train arrives at JR Fukushima Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 12, 2011. East Japan Railway Co. resumed train runs between Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture and Fukushima Station on the shinkansen line after suspending the service following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Repairing bullet train line

SENDAI, Japan - A worker repairs a quake-hit elevated bridge of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet train service in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Repairing bullet train line

SENDAI, Japan - Workers repair a quake-hit elevated railway track of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line bullet train service in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Shinkansen services partially resume

MORIOKA, Japan - Passengers board a bullet train at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture as the Tohoku Shinkansen Line partially resumed services between Morioka and Shin-Aomori stations on March 22, 2011. It is expected to take a month for services on the line, which were suspended after the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, to fully resume.

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New shinkansen train

AOMORI, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - Railway fans fill the platform of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011, to see the new Hayabusa bullet train that debuted the same day.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train (green train, 2nd from R) arrives at JR Tokyo Station on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train leaves JR Tokyo Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on March 5, 2011. The green train, which debuted the same day, is the first new model deployed by the service's operator, East Japan Railway Co., since December 1997. It can travel at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour and it has the longest nose of any shinkansen at 15 meters.

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New shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The new Hayabusa bullet train heads for JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on March 5, 2011. The train debuted the same day on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo with Shin-Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes on its fastest run.

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Luxury seats on Hayabusa bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children try out leather reclining chairs in a corner reproducing the interior of East Japan Railway Co.'s Hayabusa bullet train's new luxury seats, during a promotional event at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 3, 2011. The train, which debuts March 5 on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, will offer ''GranClass'' services using the chairs and also including meals, beverages, blankets, slippers, newspapers and magazines, intended to rank with airlines' first-class seats. They will be available for an additional 9,000 to 10,000 yen on top of regular fares.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Shinkansen bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line was suspended between Tokyo and Morioka stations due to a broken cable and a signal failure, affecting 33,000 passengers on Jan. 15, 2011.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - The E5-type Hayabusa bullet train is unveiled to the media by East Japan Railway Co. on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train commercial model unveiled

RIFU, Japan - A logo featuring a falcon design is seen on East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa (Falcon) bullet train on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Aomori celebrates start of bullet train services

AOMORI, Japan - Disney characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse take part in a parade in the city of Aomori in northern Japan on Dec. 4, 2010, to celebrate the commencement the same day of services to the city on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line.

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Kohiro Akasaka, train master of Shin Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line, signals the departure of the first train leaving the station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

TOKYO, Japan - The first train coming from Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line arrives at Tokyo Station on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day.

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Tokyo-Aomori bullet train line fully opens

AOMORI, Japan - Local dancers welcome the first train from Tokyo arriving at Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line on Dec. 4, 2010. Extended services on the bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Hachinohe stations in Aomori Prefecture started the same day.

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Mickey, Minnie visit Aomori mayor

AOMORI, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse visit Aomori Mayor Hiroshi Shikanai (L) on Dec. 1, 2010, at the city office. The popular characters will star in a parade in the city on Dec. 4 to celebrate the extension of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line to the northern Japan city.

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4.

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Shinkansen firefighting drill

AOMORI, Japan - A firefighting drill is held at Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the station's opening on Dec. 4.

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Japan's newest bullet trains on test run

SENDAI, Japan - A shinkansen train combining the E6 model (R) and E5 model (L) enters JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture during a test run Oct. 26, 2010. The E5 series will debut in March 2011 on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen Line as the Hayabusa express while the E6 series will be introduced on the Akita Shinkansen Line in 2013.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.

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'Hayabusa' bullet train enters Aomori City

AOMORI, Japan - People welcome the new bullet train model 'Hayabusa' as it arrives at JR Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori during a test run on June 17, 2010. The train will be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in spring 2011, following an extension of bullet train services to the station from JR Hachinohe Station in Aomori Prefecture in December.