17th Shinkansen Derailment Countermeasures Council Meeting
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the 17th Shinkansen Derailment Countermeasures Council meeting in light of the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake. The council will share information on damage to the Kyushu Shinkansen and exchange views. The meeting is closed to the public, but members of the press may film through the opening remarks. A meeting summary and other materials will be published later. Those wishing to film must register in advance.
Key points
- The council will focus on damage to the Kyushu Shinkansen and related matters caused by the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake.
- The meeting is closed to the public, and members of the press may film through the opening remarks.
- A meeting summary and other materials are scheduled to be published on the website at a later date.
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the 17th Shinkansen Derailment Countermeasures Council meeting in light of the Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on July 28, 2026. At this meeting, held in response to the earthquake, participants will share information on damage to the Kyushu Shinkansen and exchange views.
Impact
The council meeting is closed to the public. Members of the press may film through the opening remarks, but those wishing to do so must email their name (with phonetic reading), affiliation, and telephone number by the deadline. On the day, they must gather in front of the venue entrance by 10:20 a.m.
A meeting summary and other materials are scheduled to be published later on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website.
Details
The meeting will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The venue is the B1 Shared Conference Room on the basement level of the Central Government Building No. 3, with a web conference also available. The address is 2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
The members comprise five railway operators (Hokkaido Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, and Kyushu Railway Company), the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, the Railway Technical Research Institute, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The agenda is to share information and exchange views on damage to the Kyushu Shinkansen and related matters caused by the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake.