Sakurajima unleashed a powerful explosion at 8:13 p.m. on January 30, sending a towering plume of ash 2,700 meters above the ...

Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services ...

direct service with the Kyushu Shinkansen resumed from the first train. Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) on Aug. 31 said all sections of the Kyushu Shinkansen, which connects Hakata and Kagoshima ...

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed at ...

Traveling by rail? Take the shinkansen (bullet train) to Kagoshima and grab a limited express directly to Miyazaki City. Take a stroll through Mimitsu’s historical district for a taste of Japan at the ...

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JR-operated trains will travel along the tracks. The new section of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen track will not be directly connected with the Kyushu Shinkansen Line’s Kagoshima route ...

Japan is battling the coldest wave of the season with record-breaking snowfall in the northern main island of Hokkaido. Traffic has been hit and airports closed. Weather agencies have said the extreme ...

As a precaution, the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line operators suspended sections of service until the warning was called off. The Ehime Prefecture Ikata nuclear power plant and the Kagoshima ...

The operator of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture said there ... around the plant remained unchanged. Some local trains in Miyazaki Prefecture suspended operations after ...

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