“We are maximizing the effects of the line’s opening to ensure it will be a great success,” Yoji Furumiya, president of Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu), said at an Aug. 22 news conference.

Although designated as a basic plan route by the government in 1973, the East Kyushu Shinkansen lacks formal development ...

KITA-KYUSHU--Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu ... it sports gold lines representing the route map of the Kyudai Line connecting Kurume and Oita stations. The interior features cedar wood from ...