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Tsunami-destroyed railway station to be restored

SENDAI, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s Rikuchu-Yamada Station on the Yamada Line in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen in tatters in this file photo taken on March 23, 2011, a dozen days after it was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The company and the local community agreed on Dec. 24, 2014, to restore the station, burned down by a tsunami-caused fire, as part of a project to revive the line wrecked by the disaster.

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Tsunami-hit railway line to be restored

MORIOKA, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s Namiitakaigan Station on the suspended Yamada Line is shown with its rails cut off in the distance in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in this file photo taken in November 2014. The company and the local community agreed on Dec. 24, 2014, to restore the line wrecked by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Municipal heads discuss resumption of quake-hit railway

MORIOKA, Japan - Municipal government heads and other officials pose in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 24, 2014, after discussing plans to restore East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line suspended since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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NTT DoCoMo to promote fusion of mobile, fixed-line services

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 2. Yamada said NTT DoCoMo will promote the joint development of services with fixed-line phone units of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line on March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo cars. The large white building in the background is the Otsuchi Town Hall, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi Town, Kamihei-gun, Iwate Prefecture; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The soon-to-be-opened Otsuchi Station on the Sanriku Railway Rias Line, Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihei-gun, Iwate Prefecture, March 1, 2019; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Unozome Station, March 1, 2019, near Unozome Station, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT DoCoMo to promote fusion of mobile, fixed-line services

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 2. Yamada said NTT DoCoMo will promote the joint development of services with fixed-line phone units of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group. (Kyodo)

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Ex-IT marketer leads work to revive small railway in Tottori, west Japan

Kazuaki Yamada, a former marketing official at a foreign information technology company seen in this photo taken on March 30, 2015, spearheads the rejuvenation of Wakasa Railway as president of the joint public-private venture railway operator of a namesake line between Wakasa and Yazu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. The position was publicly offered and Yamada was chosen in September 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held to start rebuilding railway ruined by 2011 disaster

A groundbreaking ceremony is held in front of East Japan Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 7, 2015, to launch reconstruction of the Yamada Line destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Survey taken to rebuild railway ruined by 2011 disaster in Japan

Workers for East Japan Railway Co. conduct a survey in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 7, 2015, to rebuild the Yamada Line destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A long line of cars wait at a gas station in Yamada in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011, amid a gasoline shortage following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Test for reopening tsunami-hit railway in Japan

A test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line is held on Jan. 28, 2019, in Yamada in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The stretch of the line between Miyako and Kamaishi stations, closed since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, is set to open on March 23 as part of the Rias Line to be operated by Sanriku Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for reopening tsunami-hit railway in Japan

A test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line is held on Jan. 28, 2019, in Yamada in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The stretch of the line between Miyako and Kamaishi stations, closed since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, is set to open on March 23 as part of the Rias Line to be operated by Sanriku Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for reopening tsunami-hit railway in Japan

A test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line is held on Jan. 28, 2019, in Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The stretch of the line between Miyako and Kamaishi stations, closed since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, is set to open on March 23 as part of the Rias Line to be operated by Sanriku Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for reopening tsunami-hit railway in Japan

A test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line is held on Jan. 28, 2019, in Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The stretch of the line between Miyako and Kamaishi stations, closed since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, is set to open on March 23 as part of the Rias Line to be operated by Sanriku Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for reopening tsunami-hit railway in Japan

A test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Yamada Line is held on Jan. 28, 2019, in Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The stretch of the line between Miyako and Kamaishi stations, closed since the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, is set to open on March 23 as part of the Rias Line to be operated by Sanriku Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic beat Canon in Rugby Top League

Akihito Yamada of the Panasonic Wild Knights crosses the line to score a try during the first half of a Japan Rugby Top League game against the Canon Eagles in Kumagaya, near Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2017. Panasonic won 43-8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial opens in murder of 2-year-old girl

TOKYO, Japan - People line up outside the Tokyo District Court on March 6 to get seats by the drawings of lots at the first hearing of the trial of a 36-year-old housewife charged with slaying a 2-year-old Tokyo girl and burying her body in November. Mitsuko Yamada, a mother of two, is accused of strangling Haruna Wakayama, an acquaintance's daughter, with a scarf in a public toilet in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 22.