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Hankyu Corporation unveiled the new Class 2300 EMUs that will enter commercial service on the Kyoto Line on 21 July 2024.
On the night of 31 May 2024, the first Class 8A EMUs produced by Kinki Sharyo were transferred to Kintetsu's Takayasu depot.
On 13 March 2024, a new section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga on north-east coast of Honsu island became operational.
On 16 March 2024, with the new timetable for Japan's rail network, the new Class E8 Shinkansen will enter commercial service on Tokyo - Yamagata route.
On 26 August 2023, a new tram line was inaugurated in Utsunomia. It is the first new tram system in the country since 1948. The service is provided by 51 three-section, 29.52 m long, bi-directional articulated HU300 'Lightline' trams.
Two four-car Class 9300 EMUs were built by Kinki Sharyo using parts supplied by Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi and Toyo Electric.
The Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium (HTSC) will deliver 12 trains for Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSR).
JR Hokkaido, the main operator on Japan's northernmost island, has introduced new two-car EMUs for the Muroran Main Line.
Tobu Railway, the Tokyo-based private railway company, has unveiled a new Limited Express EMU for services to Nikkō.
With the inauguration of the section of the new Shin-Yokohama line, the new Tokyo Railway Interconnection has been completed forming wide area network.
On 24 February 2023 the new Class E8 Mini Shinkansen was unveiled in Sendai.
Tokyo Metro was testing synchronous reluctance traction motors on two EMU cars on the Hibiya metro line.
Osaka Metro has introduced a new Class 400 with an unusual "cosmic" design.
After years of preparations, finding the economical model and the construction, a new and from the rest of the Shinkansen network isolated high speed line was inaugurated on 23 September 2022.