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September 15, 2016Hitachi Rail Showcases New Expanded Company at Innotrans 2016 (Hitachi Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Sep 2016
(Source. Hitachi Ltd) ... The Hitachi Rail stand at Innotrans will focus on the full range of rolling stock on offer, showcasing commuter and regional trains, metro and driverless solutions, monorail as well as high-speed trains including the Japanese shinkansen (high-speed trains), to the fastest train ever mass-produced in Europe, the Italian ETR 1000, and the AT400 concept train for a high-speed network in the UK ... About Hitachi, Ltd....

Fighters win as Otani sets record with 164-kph pitch

Edit The Japan News 14 Sep 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunSAPPORO — Shohei Otani broke his own record for the fastest pitch in Nippon Professional Baseball, and Takuya Nakashima knocked in the game-winning runs as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came back to defeat the Orix Buffaloes 4-2 on Tuesday night. Even in breaking his record, Otani had lingering frustrations after the game ... “That’s the kind of pitch that gets hit.” ... “It was like the Nozomi [series Shinkansen train]....

Annual Report 2016 [3,046KB] (Fukuoka Financial Group Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Sep 2016
(Source. Fukuoka Financial Group Inc). FFG. ANNUAL REPORT 2016. Year Ended March 31, 2016. next stage of. Evolution. We look into your eyes, lend an ear to you, and engage with you. "To be your Bank of choice," recognizing our customers as top priority, we find what we can do for you, and carry out what we should do. Furthermore, FFG aims to be a value-creating partner for all of our stakeholders ... CONTENTS ... 01 ... 19 ... 37 ... Kyushu Shinkansen....

Sumitomo Riko to Exhibit at International Trade Fair for Transport Technology, InnoTrans2016(PDF:126KB) (Sumitomo Riko Company Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
(Source. Sumitomo Riko Company Limited). September 13, 2016 Sumitomo Riko to Exhibit at International Trade Fair for Transport. Technology, InnoTrans2016 ... Booth Concept Anti-vibration rubber for railroads Sumitomo Riko's anti-vibration rubber products for railway vehicles, which are installed on the bodies of Japanese Shinkansen and other railway vehicles in Japan and overseas, reduce vibrations from the railroad. surface ... ＜Overview＞ ... Held....

Shinkansen driver has feet up on the job

Edit The Japan News 09 Sep 2016
Jiji Press NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — A 29-year-old Shinkansen bullet train driver had his feet up while working on Tuesday, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has said. According to JR Tokai’s announcement, the motorman of the Kodama 653 train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line had his feet up on the control panel at about 1.55 p.m ... + - ... ....

Outline of the Second Supplementary Budget for FY2016(August 24, 2016) (Ministry of Finance of the State of Japan)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Sep 2016
(Source. Ministry of Finance of the State of Japan). Provisional Translation Outline of the Second Supplementary Budget for FY2016. Summary ... Total. 4,522.1 billion yen ... (3) Accelerate development of infrastructure, including the launch of the Maglev Chuo Shinkansen line and the Planned Shinkansen lines ... FILP. Accelerate the construction of the Maglev Chuo Shinkansen line [JRTT. 1,500.0 billion yen] and the planned Shinkansen lines [JRTT....

Japan bullet train driver puts feet up on the job

Edit Japan Times 08 Sep 2016
A shinkansen bullet train driver came under fire Thursday after an online photo emerged of him operating it with his feet up. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said the 29-year-old acknowledged that he operated the high speed train in that position for 10 seconds on Tuesday. “He told the company that he had tired appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Free Wi-Fi users must be cautious

Edit The Japan News 07 Sep 2016
BY Sachio Tanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterThe spread of free Wi-Fi (see below), a public wireless local area network (LAN) that gives users access to the internet, poses a security threat in which people’s information may be intercepted ... In June, Tokyo Metro Co ... They can then access the internet ... East Japan Railway Co ... (JR Tokai) provides it at six stations where the Nozomi series of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train stops ... ■Wi-Fi....

Get tough like a ninja at famed waterfalls

Edit The Japan News 07 Sep 2016
By Yoshiharu Fujiwara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterNABARI, Mie — I wanted to take a walk somewhere off the beaten track, where in ancient times mountain ascetics are said to have toughened their minds and bodies ... So I paid a visit to Akame Shijuhachitaki (literally, red eye 48 waterfalls) in Nabari, Mie Prefecture ... From JR Tokyo Station, first take the Shinkansen bullet train to Nagoya, which takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes ... Speech ... ....

WOMEN at WORK / Relocated wives finding roles in new locales

Edit The Japan News 06 Sep 2016
By Naohiro Yoshida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterWives who move due to their husbands being reassigned at work often find it more difficult to make friends in a new area than their partners, who can build personal relationships through their jobs ... Each branch organizes networking events like luncheons ... Tsuzuki Ward is close to Shin-Yokohama Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, so it is easy to travel to western Japan from there ... + -....

Are Amtrak’s New High-Speed Trains Too Good for Amtrak?

Edit Slate 06 Sep 2016
Last month, Amtrak announced the purchase of 28 new high-speed trains from the French manufacturer Alstom. The model is called the Avelia Liberty, and it will run the Acela routes (from Washington, D.C., to New York to Boston) starting in 2021, with room for 35 percent more passengers than today's trains. Watch it glide into the station like a damn Shinkansen in this video. ... Still ... Amtrak’s Avelia will be closer to $9 million per car ... ....

Understanding local culture in Japan through wagashi making

Edit Atlanta Journal 03 Sep 2016
KANAZAWA, Japan ― Culinary workshop participants including foreign tourists were doing their best to make wagashi — traditional Japanese sweets — under the guidance of a wagashi confectioner at Ishikawa Prefecture’s Kanko Bussankan tourist center in Kanazawa ... Japan News ... In fiscal 2015, when the Hokuriku Shinkansen began service, the number of participants jumped 50 percent from the previous year to a record 57,000 people ... Photo ... ....

Minister Of Railways inaugurated International Conference on Technology for Ultra High Speed Rolling Stock (Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Sep 2016
(Source. Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India). Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today i.e ... Member Rolling Stock Railway Board Shri Hemant Kumar and Member Engineering Railway Board Shri A. K ... Backgrounder for International Conference on ... Ø IR have decided to built a high speed corridor based on Shinkansen technology of Japan between Ahmedabad to Mumbai with capable of running at 300 KMPH ... James R ... ***. AKS/MKV/DK....
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