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Special train marking 90th anniv. of founding of Tigers

A special train featuring former and current Hanshin Tigers players is unveiled to the media at a Hanshin Electric Railway Co. station near Koshien Stadium, the Central League baseball club's home ballpark in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 5, 2025. The six-car train will operate until mid-December to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Tigers. ==Kyodo

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Limited Express Rapi:t Neo Zeon Version

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils on April 24, 2014 the six-car limited express train Rapi:t that bears a red exterior instead of its customary blue in Osaka, western Japan, in homage to the villain organization Neo Zeon from the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn."

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Tokyo's unmanned transit system suspended due to train car trouble

TOKYO, Japan - Train services of the Yurikamome Line, an unmanned traffic system that connects Tokyo's Shimbashi Station with waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay, were suspended on April 14 after a six-car train was stalled possibly due to a broken axle, the operator of the train services said.

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JR East chairman hints at resignation over fatal derailment

SHONAI, Japan - Masatake Matsuda, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., offers flowers at the site of a fatal train derailment in the town of Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Dec. 29. The six-car express Inaho No. 14 derailed there on Dec. 25, killing five passengers.

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Rescuers resume search for victims under crashed train cars

SHONAI, Japan - The second car of the six-car express train Inaho No. 14, which derailed on Dec. 25, is raised by a mobile crane in the town of Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Dec. 27. Police and firefighters continue their work to check whether any passengers were buried underneath.

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers.

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Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, at JR Niigata Station shows a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the play area for children inside a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as running modern art museum to debut in spring

The operator of the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train line unveils the exterior of a special train, adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned photographer Mika Ninagawa, on Jan. 12, 2016, at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo. The Genbi (modern art) Shinkansen, a six-car train that displays modern art such as paintings and videos inside, will run between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East unveils exterior of special edition bullet train

The Genbi Shinkansen, a six-car bullet train adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa, is unveiled at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 12, 2016. East Japan Railway Co. will run the train, which displays modern art inside, between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East unveils exterior of special edition bullet train

The Genbi Shinkansen, a six-car bullet train adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa, is unveiled at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 12, 2016. East Japan Railway Co. will run the train, which displays modern art inside, between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's unmanned transit system suspended due to train car troub

TOKYO, Japan - Train services of the Yurikamome Line, an unmanned traffic system that connects Tokyo's Shimbashi Station with waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay, were suspended on April 14 after a six-car train was stalled possibly due to a broken axle, the operator of the train services said. (Kyodo)

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JR East chairman hints at resignation over fatal derailment

SHONAI, Japan - Masatake Matsuda, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., offers flowers at the site of a fatal train derailment in the town of Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Dec. 29. The six-car express Inaho No. 14 derailed there on Dec. 25, killing five passengers. (Kyodo)

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Rescuers resume search for victims under crashed train cars

SHONAI, Japan - The second car of the six-car express train Inaho No. 14, which derailed on Dec. 25, is raised by a mobile crane in the town of Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Dec. 27. Police and firefighters continue their work to check whether any passengers were buried underneath. (Kyodo)

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Genbi "modern art" shinkansen's last run

The Genbi shinkansen bullet train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, arrives at JR Niigata Station following its last run on Dec. 20, 2020. The six-car bullet train, which operated between Niigata and Echigo-Yuzawa stations in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, had run mainly on the weekends since April 2016.

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Genbi "modern art" shinkansen's last run

People gather to see the Genbi shinkansen bullet train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, at JR Niigata Station on Dec. 20, 2020, following its last run. The six-car bullet train, which operated between Niigata and Echigo-Yuzawa stations in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, had run mainly on the weekends since April 2016.

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers. (Kyodo)