Japan's transport ministry has asked East Japan Railway Company to determine the causes of the recent service suspensions on several major lines and take measures to prevent a recurrence.

The company’s executive vice president and chief safety officer was summoned over recent issues such as disruptions on the ...

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Train service on the JR Joban Line remains suspended due to a power outage, with operations expected to resume around 2 p.m.

TOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Some train services in the Tokyo area were temporarily disrupted Friday due to a power outage, the second such incident this month, affecting around 230,000 people, the ...

The outage occurred at Ueno Station at around 6:55 a.m., halting 81 trains for up to seven hours, News.Az reports, citing ...

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Train services on East Japan Railway Co.'s Joban Line were partially suspended for about seven hours Friday after an overhead power line snapped at Tokyo's Ueno Station. The power outage occurred ...

Some trains in the Tokyo area were disrupted early Friday due to a power outage at JR Ueno Station, the railway operator said, with all having resumed later in the day. Trains were suspended on the ...

A power outage occurred near JR Ueno Station in Tokyo at around 7 a.m. on Friday, prompting the partial suspension of ...

A power outage hit JR Ueno Station on the morning of Jan. 30, halting rapid and local services on sections of the JR Joban ...