PRICES FOR JAPAN RAIL PASS, POPULAR WITH FOREIGN TOURISTS, TO RISE 6 PCT FROM OCTOBER

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tohoku Shinkansen Line's Hayabusa-Komachi No. 6 bullet train bound for Tokyo -- the Hayabusa portion (top left) and the Komachi portion (bottom) -- decoupled and stopped on the tracks in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, between Furukawa and Sendai stations on Sept 19, 2024. -- Photo by Kyodo