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RAIL ACCIDENTS

A sniffer dog is employed to search for victims among the wrecked carriages of a crashed train in Urda, in the Spanish province of Toledo, on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2026
Second Japanese national confirmed dead in Spanish train crash
Spanish authorities have identified all 69 people killed in a high-speed train collision in central Spain last week.
Huge cranes lift one of the wrecked carriages of a train crash between a Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train, two days after the deadly accident in Urda in the province of Toledo, Spain, on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2026
Japanese national confirmed dead in Spanish train crash
Another Japanese citizen is believed to be one of the remaining unidentified victims in the collision that killed 69 people.
Cranes remove wrecked carriages of a train crash between a Renfe AVE train and an Iryo train, one day after the deadly accident in Urda, in the province of Toledo, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2026
Grieving Spain demands answers for latest rail disaster
The second high-speed train collision this year, following one in January that killed 46 people, has raised fresh questions about safety.
A truck crane at the site of a train crash between two high-speed trains in the province of Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday
WORLD
Oct 29, 2026
At least 68 people dead in Spain’s second major train crash this year
It was Spain’s second fatal rail crash this year and Europe’s deadliest since 2013.
Emergency services work at the site of a train collision between a high speed Renfe train and Iryo train south of Madrid on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2026
At least 30 people killed in collision between high-speed trains in Spain
A Castilla-La Mancha region spokesperson said 147 people had been traveling on the Iryo train and 397 on the Renfe 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.
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.
Railway accident investigators from the Japan Transport Safety Board examine the site where four workers died after being struck by a train on Thursday at Tobu Railway's Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2026
Four railway workers die after being struck by limited-express train in Tochigi
The men, in their 50s and 60s, had been performing weeding on railroad tracks.
Seiji Shimomura, 68, guides new Akashi city employees around the accident site on Tuesday morning.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2026
Akashi crowd crush victims remembered 25 years on
Bereaved relatives, local residents and others offered prayers in front of a memorial on a pedestrian overpass where the crowd crush happened July 21, 2001.
Kintetsu Railway workers examine a train that derailed at Kyoto Station on Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2026
Train derails at Kyoto Station, with no injuries reported
Kintetsu Railway is investigating the cause after two cars on a local train derailed Monday morning.
An artificial intelligence-equipped camera system shows a person trapped inside a railway crossing gate during a test by Kintetsu Railway.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 25, 2026
Japanese railway firms adopt AI safety systems at crossings
The technology can automatically detect and report abnormalities, such as stalled vehicles or people trapped on the tracks.
Emergency service workers gather at the scene of a collision involving two trains near Bedford, England, on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 20, 2026
One dead and dozens injured after two trains collide in U.K.
The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 90 kilometers north of the U.K. capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track.
Police officers, rescue workers and firefighters stand at the site of a train collision with a bus underneath Makkasan Airport Rail station in Bangkok on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2026
Collision between train and bus kills at least eight in Bangkok
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an investigation into the incident, according to a statement from his office.
A memorial ceremony for victims of a 2005 train derailment is held in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Victims mourned 21 years after JR West train crash in Amagasaki
On April 25, 2005, a train entered a curved section at a speed far exceeding the limit and derailed, with the first and second cars colliding with a nearby apartment building.
The Japan Transport Safety Board has proposed setting up multi-language warnings and pictograms at railroad crossings as foreign visitor numbers surge.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2026
Multilingual alerts, pictograms proposed for railroad crossings after tourist accident
The accident occurred at a railroad crossing near Saga Prefecture’s Sueyama Shrine, a popular tourist spot.
The news of Gen. Douglas MacArthur came as a surprise to the Japanese public and was covered from a variety of angles.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Apr 1, 2026
Japan Times 1951: Truman ousts Gen. MacArthur
U.S. President Harry Truman dismissed the key player in 今日吃瓜 postwar recovery 75 years ago this month.
JR East Executive Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Chiharu Watari speaks to reporters at the transport ministry on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2026
JR East given administrative guidance over service halts
The company’s executive vice president and chief safety officer was summoned over recent issues such as disruptions on the Yamanote and Joban lines.
Firefighters and rescue personnel work at the site where at least one person died and four were seriously injured when a regional service train collided with a collapsed wall between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona, early Wednesday.
WORLD
Jan 21, 2026
Barcelona train crash kills one in Spain’s second deadly rail accident in days
The second deadly incident in a matter of days is likely to raise more questions about Spanish rail safety, after a train collision in Andalusia on Sunday killed 42 people.
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work near one of the trains?involved in an accident in Cordoba, Spain, on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 19, 2026
High-speed train collision in Spain kills at least 39 and injures dozens
Transport Minister Oscar Puente told reporters the disaster took place on a straight part of the track, which was completely renovated.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
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The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.

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