By SHINYA MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer
October 13, 2020 at 08:00 JST
Industrial designer Eiji Mitooka, left, and JR Kyushu President Toshihiko Aoyagi answer questions from reporters in front of the new "36+3" sightseeing train on Sept. 29 in the Kokura-Kita Ward of Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. (Motoki Nagasawa)
KITA-KYUSHU, Fukuoka Prefecture--Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) will begin running its new "36+3" luxury sightseeing train on Oct. 16, which will take passengers across all seven prefectures in the Kyushu region. [Read More]
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