Services remain halted on the Akita Shinkansen Line and on some sections of the JR Ou and Uetsu lines.

TOKYO - Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Feb 8 morning. According to East Japan Railway, Joetsu Shinkansen services were suspended ...

Heavy snow has forced the suspension of Yamagata Shinkansen operations in both directions between Fukushima Station and Shinjo Station in Yamagata Prefecture all day on Sunday. The Tokaido ...

The rain had subsided in Yamagata and Akita prefectures Friday ... immediately known how many people took that advice. Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train services were still partially suspended ...

said. Operations of the Akita Shinkansen between Tokyo and Sendai and the Yamagata Shinkansen between Tokyo and Fukushima were also halted, the company said.