East Japan Railway (JR East), Hitachi and Toyota signed an agreement to jointly develop an experimental hybrid-powered rail vehicle, code-named Hybari. The traction motors will be powered by a block of lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of 2 × 120 kWh and a battery of hydrogen fuel cells with a […]
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Myanmar’s government have agreed to official development assistance (ODA) loans to contribute to economic and social development through improvements to the railway system and electricity supply,Myanmar Times has reported. JICA signed the loan agreements with the government to provide the ODA loans of […]
The 10 Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains with 12 cars each that were inundated by Typhoon Hagibis last month will be scrapped due to severe damage. At a news conference Wednesday, East Japan Railway Co. President Yuji Fukasawa said that, of the 10 trains, the eight owned by the company, JR […]
With agency reports One third of Shinkassen trains in Japan were submerged when typhoon Hagibis made a landfall. Earlier,the East Japan Railway Company says one-third of its bullet trains used for the Hokuriku Shinkansen line have been damaged by flooding. Meanwhile,most of the railway companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area […]
Japan is moving fast to reclaim lost grounds in Africa,hoping to compete with China in Kenya,a country widely regarded as Beijing turf . Kenyan minister of Public infrastructure, James Macharia recently met with Amb. Ryoichi HORIE, Japan’s Ambassador to Kenya to discuss investment opportunities. Japan has been a key strategic […]