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Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Poland wants to adopt the Japanese model for train stations and rail services

PKP S.A., the Polish state-owned railway company, and East Japan Railway Company (JR East), one of Japan’s leading…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #digitalisation #JREast #passengerservices #PKP
https://www.europesays.com/poland/6091/

Passengers of a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sunday reported a strange odor, and a woman was sent to the hospital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/11/japan/train-strange-odor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rail #kawasaki #jreast

Scenic Train Journeys in Japan That You Can’t Miss

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/scenic-train-journeys-japan/

Japan's transport ministry has launched a training program to help people with visual impairments use white canes to navigate railway station platforms safely, as part of efforts to prevent falls and other accidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/27/japan/society/visually-impaired-platform-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #rail #visuallyimpaired #jreast #disability

JR East has taken the lead in launching a training program aimed at nurturing about 100 foreign workers annually under Japan's specified skilled worker program amid severe labor shortages in railway maintenance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/22/companies/railway-maintenance-foreign-workers-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #rail #foreignworkers #fukushima

The transportation ministry gave administrative guidance to JR East over recent problems, including service disruptions on its Yamanote and Joban lines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/companies/jr-east-guidance-service-halts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #yamanoteline #jobanline #rail #mlit

A power outage occurred near JR Ueno Station in Tokyo at around 7 a.m. on Friday, prompting the partial suspension of operations on the Joban Line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/jr-joban-line-suspended-ueno-power-outage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jreast #rail #jobanline #tokyo #ibaraki

Japan's transport ministry is considering raising the leasing fees paid by Japan Railways group companies for some shinkansen facilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/24/japan/shinkansen-leasing-fee-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shinkansen #mlit #jrwest #jreast #jr #rail

Driverless Trains on the Horizon as Japan Trials Automation Systems

Railway operators across Japan are moving forward with plans to introduce automated trains on both conventional lines and the Shinkansen. Following early adopters s…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #automateddriving #automatedtransport #automation #Depopulation #DriverlessTrains #japanesetrains #JREast #JRKyushu #news #Shinkansen #trains
https://www.alojapan.com/1438697/driverless-trains-on-the-horizon-as-japan-trials-automation-systems/

Driverless Trains on the Horizon as Japan Trials Automation Systems

Railway operators across Japan are moving forward with plans to introduce automated trains on both conventional lines and the Shinkansen. Following early adopters s…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #automateddriving #automatedtransport #automation #Depopulation #DriverlessTrains #japanesetrains #JREast #JRKyushu #news #Shinkansen #trains
https://www.alojapan.com/1438697/driverless-trains-on-the-horizon-as-japan-trials-automation-systems/

https://www.alojapan.com/1438697/driverless-trains-on-the-horizon-as-japan-trials-automation-systems/ Driverless Trains on the Horizon as Japan Trials Automation Systems #AutomatedDriving #AutomatedTransport #automation #Depopulation #DriverlessTrains #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseTrains #JREast #JRKyushu #news #Shinkansen #trains Railway operators across Japan are moving forward with plans to introduce automated trains on both conventional lines and the Shinkansen. Following early adopters such as JR East and JR Kyushu, private railway companie

https://www.alojapan.com/1438697/driverless-trains-on-the-horizon-as-japan-trials-automation-systems/ Driverless Trains on the Horizon as Japan Trials Automation Systems #AutomatedDriving #AutomatedTransport #automation #Depopulation #DriverlessTrains #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseTrains #JREast #JRKyushu #news #Shinkansen #trains Railway operators across Japan are moving forward with plans to introduce automated trains on both conventional lines and the Shinkansen. Following early adopters such as JR East and JR Kyushu, private railway companie

Japan Railways Group companies are set to continue talks with local communities in 2026 on the fate of loss-making rural lines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/03/japan/jr-unprofitable-lines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jreast #jrwest #jrhokkaido #jrkyushu #depopulation #rurallife #rail #jr

Teppay is key to JR East’s growth strategy, as data about shopping and travel habits are essential for its real estate and urban development businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/21/tech/jr-east-teppay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #cashless #jr #jreast #rail #suica

Central Japan Railway and five construction consultancies have been found to have colluded to prearrange winners of local government contracts for bridge inspections, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/19/companies/bid-rigging-jr-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jr #jreast #jrcentral #ftc #antimonopolylaw

JR East is retiring the iconic Suica penguin as part of a rebranding effort to transform its transit card system into a modern fintech platform, aiming to compete with QR code-based payment services like PayPay. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/16/japan/suica-icon-to-retire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #suica #penguin #jreast #softbank #paypay

Penguin-less Suica will take on PayPay in payments with QR codes and balance limits increased to ¥300,000 from ¥20,000. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/jr-east-suica-qr-code/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cashless #jr #jreast #rail #suica

As the nation's tourism boom continues, a delivery service that transports traveler's luggage from train station lockers to hotels is expanding in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/06/locker-to-hotel-luggage-delivery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #jrwest #osakametro #osaka #tourism #tokyo #jreast #tokyometro

East Japan Railway’s iconic Cassiopeia sleeper train completed its final journey on Monday evening, marking the end of a 25-year era for the luxury service once known for connecting Tokyo to Sapporo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/japan-luxury-sleeper-train-last-run/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #trains #jreast #cassiopeia

Fast, furious and yet surprisingly restrained, Netflix’s most lavish Japanese movie to date whizzes by without doing much damage to the image of the high-speed rail it’s promoting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/17/film/bullet-train-explosion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #shinjihiguchi #netflix #japanesefilm #jreast #shinkansen #rail #bullettrains #tsuyoshikusanagi

India will adopt East Japan Railway's upcoming E10 series of shinkansen bullet trains for its national high-speed railway under construction in the west of the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/companies/india-high-speed-railway-shinkansen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #indiajapanrelations #jreast #shinkansen #rail #bullettrains

A new commercial complex will open in Tokyo’s Takanawa Gateway Station on Thursday, aiming to turn the area into a futuristic "city" featuring autonomous vehicles and a hub for global academic institutions and startups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/takanawa-gateway-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #takanawagateway #takanawagatewaycity #jreast

JR East and entertainment company Shochiku announced a comprehensive business tie-up to accelerate tourism and regional revitalization efforts through programs such as kabuki and anime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/19/japan/jr-east-shochiku-tie-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jreast #shochiku #kabuki #shinkansen #virtualreality #tech

A coupler on the Tohoku Shinkansen came undone mid-journey, forcing an emergency stop and temporarily halting services as the train headed for Tokyo on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/19/japan/tohoku-shinkansen-halt/ #japan #shinkansen #bullettrains #jreast

JR East will resume issuing Suica cards — which have been unavailable since last year due to a chip shortage — as early as this fall, the railway operator said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/07/japan/jr-east-suica-resume-production/ #japan #rail #tourism #suica #pasmo #jreast

Lodging services using a retired sleeper train in a northeastern Japan town are set to restart Saturday after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/society/retired-trains-lodging-services/ #japan #society #rail #jreast #akita #akebono #hotels

Lodging services using a retired sleeper train in a northeastern Japan town are set to restart Saturday after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/society/retired-trains-lodging-services/ #japan #society #rail #jreast #akita #akebono #hotels

Lodging services using a retired sleeper train in a northeastern Japan town are set to restart Saturday after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/society/retired-trains-lodging-services/ #japan #society #rail #jreast #akita #akebono #hotels

Lodging services using a retired sleeper train in a northeastern Japan town are set to restart Saturday after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/society/retired-trains-lodging-services/ #japan #society #rail #jreast #akita #akebono #hotels

Japanese firms have decided to drop their plans to get involved in a high-speed rail project connecting Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/11/japan/japan-firms-opt-out-rail-malaysia-singapore/?utm_content=bufferae5fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #shinkansen #jreast #sumitomo #malaysiajapanrelations #singaporejapanrelations

A Tokaido Shinkansen Line train was halted at JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Saturday evening, after an apparent spray used to repel bears was released aboard the train, leaving at least five passengers ill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/02/japan/crime-legal/hamamatsu-shinkansen-spray/?utm_content=bufferde9ef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #rail #bullettrains #shinkansen #jr #jreast #jrcentral

Japan is famed for its rail network, but despite significant steps to reduce emissions, the sector is still responsible for a substantial amount of carbon dioxide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/02/national/japan-trains-cars-carbon-emissions/?utm_content=buffer69dc0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #carbon #rail #emissions #jreast #cars #jrwest #tokyu #jrcentral #ourplanet

Japan is famed for its rail network, but despite significant steps to reduce emissions, the sector is still responsible for a substantial amount of carbon dioxide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/02/national/japan-trains-cars-carbon-emissions/?utm_content=buffer69dc0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #carbon #rail #emissions #jreast #cars #jrwest #tokyu #jrcentral #ourplanet

Japan is famed for its rail network, but despite significant steps to reduce emissions, the sector is still responsible for a substantial amount of carbon dioxide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/02/national/japan-trains-cars-carbon-emissions/?utm_content=buffer69dc0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #carbon #rail #emissions #jreast #cars #jrwest #tokyu #jrcentral #ourplanet

Japan is famed for its rail network, but despite significant steps to reduce emissions, the sector is still responsible for a substantial amount of carbon dioxide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/02/national/japan-trains-cars-carbon-emissions/?utm_content=buffer69dc0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #carbon #rail #emissions #jreast #cars #jrwest #tokyu #jrcentral #ourplanet

Train operators in eastern Japan will suspend sales of some Suica and Pasmo rechargeable transportation cards starting on June 8 due to a shortage of the chips needed to make them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/02/national/suica-pasmo-sales-suspension/?utm_content=buffere16b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #rail #tourism #suica #pasmo #jreast