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Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture's newly-elected governor, Yasutomo Suzuki, and passenger operator JR Central have signed an agreement setting out the environmental protection measures required to resume construction of the Tokyo–Nagoya maglev line.
Japan: The seven-car E927, nicknamed SOAR, is being developed on the platform of the E11 high-speed train — itself still under development.
Japan: Journalists got their first look at the ten-car 90000 series trainsets on 13 July, at the operator's depot in the town of Namegawa.
Japan: Kinki Sharyo has built the DEC743-series diesel-battery machines. JR West has ordered nine of them, along with 12 hopper-dosing wagons to run with them.
Japan, China: High-speed rail operator THSRC has posted a video on its social media showing the exterior and interior of the 12-car trainset.
Japan: Private operator Nankai has placed in service a refurbished four-car unit named Gran Tenku.
Japan: Nippon TV has released a video coverage about the operation of the refurbished seven-car E3 series train.
Japan: Passenger operator JR East is developing an intelligent pantograph and overhead contact system monitoring solution in partnership with digital systems specialist CalTa.
Japan: From 23 March a refurbished 7-car E3 series electric set began daily operation on the Tohoku line. It is operated by JR East coupled to a 10-car E5 series passenger train.