By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
November 7, 2019 at 16:30 JST
Two of the Hokuriku Shinkansen trains at the Nagano Shinkansen rail yard derailed because of flooding from Typhoon No. 19. (Eiji Hori)
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) plans to scrap eight bullet trains used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line that were inundated during Typhoon No. 19, the company’s president, Yuji Fukasawa, said Nov. 6. [Read More]
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