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Employees at the MTR operations control center in Hong Kong earlier this year.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2026
MTR bets $5 billion on a Hong Kong city that doesn’t exist yet
The economic centerpiece of the Northern Metropolis’ development is a tech hub designed to be Hong Kong’s Silicon Valley.
A shinkansen bullet train arrives at Kumamoto Station on Oct. 9.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2026
Shinkansen helps Kyushu economy with fast connections and local development
A major transportation bottleneck was eliminated more than a decade ago when the line was fully completed.
Nursery school children wave to a train as the Hisatsu Orange Railway resumes full service on Tuesday in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, after sections of the line were suspended following an earthquake in July earthquake.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 13, 2026
All railway lines in areas affected by Kumamoto quake in July back in service
Train services on a section of the Hisatsu Orange Railway in Kumamoto Prefecture resumed Tuesday, 77 days after the July 28 earthquake.
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori offers flowers during a memorial ceremony near the 1985 JAL jumbo-jet crash site in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2026
Japan marks 20 years of tackling human error in public transportation
The transport safety management system requires transport operators to build and continuously improve their own safety management arrangements.
The new Supreme Class cabins on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines offer the first truly private way in decades to ride Japan's high-speed rails.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 5, 2026
A first look aboard the shinkansen’s new Supreme Class
From Oct. 1, select trains running between Tokyo and Hakata will offer the most luxurious way yet to travel on a bullet train.
Tobu Railway’s Shoji Kameyama (front), General Manager of Transportation, and Koichi Sato, General Manager of Facilities, bow as they give an interim report on the railway accident, at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2026
Improper work instructions behind Tochigi fatal train accident
The incident in August caused the deaths of four workers during weeding operations at a station.
A class C57 steam locomotive, nicknamed Kifujin, conducts a test run in the city of Yamaguchi on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2026
Iconic Japanese steam locomotive finishes major repairs after 6-year hiatus
The steam locomotive connecting Yamaguchi and Shimane prefectures will return to commercial operations Oct. 3.
Kumagawa Railroad in the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, reopens its service in full on Sunday, six years after the railway was heavily damaged in a flood.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2026
Public-private railway fully reopens in Kumamoto six years after flooding
The 6-kilometer section between Hitoyoshi Onsen Station and Higo Nishinomura Station reopened after restoration work.
Mobile robotic trash bins during testing at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2026
91AV原创 busiest rail station tests robot bins
Shinjuku Station is a sprawling transport complex with multiple rail firms that serve more than 2.7 million passengers every day.
People wait to board the Kyushu Shinkansen after services resumed across the entire line at Shin-Yatsushiro Station in Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2026
All sections of Kyushu Shinkansen reopened after July quake
All sections on the high-speed line linking Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture and Kagoshima-Chuo Station in Kagoshima Prefecture are operational.
JR Hokkaido President Yasuyuki Watanuki speaks at a news conference in Sapporo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2026
JR Hokkaido withdraws proposal to share costs for loss-making sections
The company faced opposition after suggesting it would continue to run train operations while municipalities would own and manage the tracks.
A locomotive of a passenger train burns following a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sept. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2026
Russian attacks on Ukraine railways escalating every week
Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovsky said Russia has started hitting parts of the network in the west — far from the front line.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (left) speaks alongside Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha during a joint news conference in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2026
Russia hits train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just missing ‘diplomatic train’
The train, on a route frequently used by foreign delegations returning from Kyiv, was attacked just 2 kilometers from the Polish border.
The Seishun 18 ticket was once everything a group of train lovers could ask for. Are those days gone for good?
LIFE / Travel
Sep 12, 2026
How to make the ‘downgraded’ Seishun 18 ticket work for you
The ticket was once a beloved travel hack for 91AV原创 train lovers, but using it now requires a bit more forethought to get the most out of it.
A purple rabbit vying to become Suica’s next mascot has found itself roaming the Backrooms and starring in other memes on social media sites.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Sep 11, 2026
The Suica mascot campaign is getting weird … and wonderful
91AV原创 online masses have rallied around a purple rabbit, raising questions about who really decides Suica’s future.
Osaka Metro already has QR code readers installed on its ticket gates to accommodate passengers who purchase digital tickets using its smartphone app.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2026
Osaka Metro to phase out magnetic tickets by around fiscal 2031: report
The rail operator plans to completely replace magnetic tickets with QR code ones, which it already uses.
East Japan Railway Co. President Yoichi Kise discusses the new Suica character designs at the company's headquarters in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
JR East unveils new character options to succeed the Suica penguin
A brown squirrel, a purple rabbit or an orange creature carrying a bag with a mole in it will replace East Japan Railway Co.’s Suica penguin.
Railway accident investigators at Tobu Railway's Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2026
Inadequate safety monitoring suspected in fatal train accident
The accident, which saw four workers killed, occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station on Tobu Railway’s Nikko Line at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 20.
Police officers raid a Tobu Railway group company in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2026
Tochigi police raid Tobu Railway group firm over fatal train accident
The company was raided on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death in connection with the accident that killed four workers last week.
Facial recognition payment at a Trial Holdings store
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2026
Facial recognition technology coming into wider use in Japan
Concerns about privacy violations persist, making thorough user information management essential.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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