Japan Today10 天
This is Japan’s only shrine with a shinkansen tunnel underneath it
A big part of what makes Japan so fascinating ... stands between two train lines. From the shrine grounds you can spot trains ...
朝日新聞社11 个月
90-meter-deep tunnel being bored for maglev Shinkansen
KAWASAKI--A section of a tunnel for a magnetic-levitation bullet train service that is under ... This was the first time that Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), which is building the maglev ...
朝日新聞社3 年
Tunnel collapse causes first death related to maglev train project
NAKATSUGAWA, Gifu Prefecture--A tunnel collapse here Oct. 27 killed a 44-year-old construction ... to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), which is developing the maglev train system, and other ...
BBC5 年
Japan's bullet train door opens at 280km/h
Passengers on the Hayabusa number 46 bullet train ended up stuck in a tunnel for 15 minutes while checks were made. The East Japan Railway Company said a cleaner forgot to close the device which ...
NHK4 年
The risks and rising costs of Japan’s old roads
Japan’s roads are getting old. So much so, that certain parts are dangerous. A survey by the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry shows that 45,000 bridges and tunnels are ...
The Straits Times28 天
Japan's rural train services battle for survival as residents leave for the cities
CHOSHI, Japan - In the driver’s seat of a two-carriage train, Mr Katsunori Takemoto puts ... lines across Japan’s countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker ...