Japan Railway Journal

Japan Railway Journal (2015)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2015-03-09
  • Last Air Date: 2024-10-24
  • Total Seasons: 10
  • Total Episodes: 152
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 28 min.
  • Production Company: NHK Global Media Services
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Networks: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
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Summary

Discover the secrets of Japan's railways, from the newest technologies and systems in use, to travel tips and must-see places.

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Japan Railway Journal Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date:
0 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 2015-03-09
9 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2016-01-15
17 Episodes

Season 3

First Air Date: 2017-01-12
18 Episodes

Season 4

First Air Date: 2018-01-12
18 Episodes

Season 5

First Air Date: 2019-01-18
19 Episodes

Season 6

First Air Date: 2020-01-17
15 Episodes

Season 7

First Air Date: 2021-01-29
10 Episodes

Season 8

First Air Date: 2022-01-20
17 Episodes

Season 9

First Air Date: 2023-01-19
16 Episodes

Season 10

First Air Date: 2024-01-25
13 Episodes

Japan Railway Journal Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 2015Episode 1The Railway Revival: 4 Years after the Great Earthquake30 min
Season 2015Episode 2The New Shinkansen: Technology and Economic Effects30 min
Season 2015Episode 3Isumi Railway: There's Nothing Here!30 min
Season 2015Episode 4Diesel Hybrid Trains: Japan's World Leading Technology30 min
Season 2015Episode 5Battery Hybrid Trains: Development of the Global Technology30 min
Season 2015Episode 6Japan's Subway Technology in High Density Operation30 min
Season 2015Episode 7The Secret of Operating Preserved Steam Locomotives30 min
Season 2015Episode 8Special Preview - Hokkaido Shinkansen: Hopes and Challenges30 min
Season 2015Episode 9Yamanote Line: The Green Rotating Heart of Tokyo30 min
Season 2016Episode 1Seven Stars in Kyushu: The Local Revitalizing Cruise Train30 min
Season 2016Episode 2Second Chances for Used Trains in Southeast Asia30 min
Season 2016Episode 3Earthquake Safety: What 5 Years has Taught Us30 min
Season 2016Episode 4Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow30 min
Season 2016Episode 5Ekiben: A True Rail Traveling Companion30 min
Season 2016Episode 6Premium Express Shimakaze: A Train of Dreams to Reality30 min
Season 2016Episode 7The Cat Stationmaster Who Rescued a Railway30 min
Season 2016Episode 8New Generation Express: Journey to Speed and Comfortability30 min
Season 2016Episode 9The Future of Rail Freight Transport30 min
Season 2016Episode 10Light Rail Vehicles: Modern Trams Reshaping Urban Transit30 min
Season 2016Episode 11Kyoto Railway Museum: The Story of Rail Transport in Japan30 min
Season 2016Episode 12Keikyu: The Strive for World-Class Rail Operation30 min
Season 2016Episode 13World-Class Maintenance: The Backbone of Shinkansen Operations30 min
Season 2016Episode 14Railways Back on Track: Six Months after the Kumamoto Earthquakes30 min
Season 2016Episode 15Future Prospects Made in the Past: JR East's Steam Loco Strategy30 min
Season 2016Episode 16Picking Up the Pace: JR Shikoku's Tactics for Survival30 min
Season 2016Episode 17The Seeds of Success: Kyoto's Sagano Scenic Railway30 min
Season 2017Episode 1Turning Problems Into Opportunities: The Tsugaru Railway's Strategy30 min
Season 2017Episode 2Japan's World-Class Rail And Wheels30 min
Season 2017Episode 3Keihan Electric Railway: Advanced Technology That Dominated The Railway Hub30 min
Season 2017Episode 4The Long Winter Of Discontent: One Railway's Battle Against Snow Summary History Search30 min
Season 2017Episode 5Dreams Of A Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans For Japan's High-Speed Railways30 min
Season 2017Episode 6Using Railways To Promote Local Tourism: Kyushu Railway Company's Strategy30 min
Season 2017Episode 7Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem For Tourists From Overseas30 min
Season 2017Episode 8All The Comfort You Require: Onboard Services On Japanese Trains30 min
Season 2017Episode 9The Unsung Hero Of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains30 min
Season 2017Episode 10Airport Express Lines: How Competition Is Improving The Ride Into The City30 min
Season 2017Episode 11Prepaid E-Money Cards: The Smart Way To Travel In Japan30 min
Season 2017Episode 12HIGH RAIL 1375: The Tourist Train That Touches New Heights30 min
Season 2017Episode 13Train Suite Shiki-Shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train30 min
Season 2017Episode 14A Long-Awaited Whistle: Tobu Railway's Steam Service Revival30 min
Season 2017Episode 15Rediscovering Old Horizons: Preservation And Utilization Of Railway Heritage30 min
Season 2017Episode 16Hankyu Corporation: A Leading Private Railway Company's Business Model30 min
Season 2017Episode 17Advanced Urban Travel: Japan's Monorail Systems30 min
Season 2017Episode 18Safeguarding The System: Maintaining JR Central's Conventional Line30 min
Season 2018Episode 1Driving Forward with Steam: Oigawa Railway's Strategy30 min
Season 2018Episode 2Hokuriku Shinkansen Update: Re-assessing the Effects and Challenges 3 Years On30 min
Season 2018Episode 3JR OITA CITY: The Station Complex that Changed the Game30 min
Season 2018Episode 4Enoshima Electric Railway: A Good Old 10km Ride30 min
Season 2018Episode 5A New Generation of Commuter Train: Tokyu Corporation's Series 202030 min
Season 2018Episode 6The Ultimate in Comfort: New Limited Express Super Azusa30 min
Season 2018Episode 7Tobu Railway's Revaty Express: Moving Forward to a Better Nikko30 min
Season 2018Episode 8Gakunan Electric Train: A New Outlook in the Foothills of Mt. Fuji30 min
Season 2018Episode 9Kominato Railway: The Strategy of a Quaint Local Railway30 min
Season 2018Episode 10The Golden Route to Hakone: Limited Express Romancecar and the Mountain Train30 min
Season 2018Episode 11New-Look Railway Museum: A Wonderland of Japan's Railway History30 min
Season 2018Episode 12Shinano Railway: Managing the Risks of the Next 30 Years30 min
Season 2018Episode 13Chartered Tour Trains: Special Times for Special Tours30 min
Season 2018Episode 14Nagoya Railroad: Advancing with Easy Airport Access and a Famous Castle Town30 min
Season 2018Episode 15JR Central: Enticing Tourists with Helpful Services & Events30 min
Season 2018Episode 16Iwate Galaxy Railway: Launching Services for the Community30 min
Season 2018Episode 17Echizen Railway: Heading into the Future with the Community Onboard30 min
Season 2018Episode 18Seibu Railway: Setting its Sights on the Chichibu Region30 min
Season 2019Episode 1New Year Trains: Beginning the New Year with a Journey30 min
Season 2019Episode 2JR Gono Line: A Popular Local Line Worth the Journey30 min
Season 2019Episode 3Amaterasu Railway: A Tourist Attraction Making the Most of a Discontinued Line30 min
Season 2019Episode 4Yamanote Line: Tokyo's Ever Evolving Loop Line30 min
Season 2019Episode 5JR Hokkaido's Yubari Line: A Beloved Local Line Comes to an End30 min
Season 2019Episode 6Tokyo Metro: A Subway Network On Time & On Track30 min
Season 2019Episode 7Nishi-Nippon Railroad: Fine Dining on an Even Finer Tourist Train30 min
Season 2019Episode 8Hiroshima Electric Railway: On Track on the Streets30 min
Season 2019Episode 9Hankai Tramway: Osaka's One & Only Tram Network30 min
Season 2019Episode 10Choshi Electric Railway: Finding New Ways to Get Back on Track30 min
Season 2019Episode 11JR Osaka Loop Line: Developing a Better, More User-Friendly Line30 min
Season 2019Episode 12Kyoto Tango Railway: A Bus Company to the Rescue30 min
Season 2019Episode 13South Hokkaido Railway: A Tourist Train Developed by a Tour Company30 min
Season 2019Episode 14Chizu Express: A Top Tier Third Sector Railway30 min
Season 2019Episode 15Hitachinaka Seaside Railway: Pulling Together with the Local Community30 min
Season 2019Episode 16JR's Ekinaka Development Project: A New Lifestyle Below the Chuo Line30 min
Season 2019Episode 17Introducing the N700S: JR Central's Next-Generation Shinkansen30 min
Season 2019Episode 18New Technology Opening the Future of the Railway30 min
Season 2019Episode 19Reviewing the New Trains of 201930 min
Season 2020Episode 1Sunrise Seto and Izumo: The Last of the Overnight Sleeper Trains30 min
Season 2020Episode 2Echigo Tokimeki Railway: A Railway for Everyone30 min
Season 2020Episode 3A Guide to Tokyo's Airport Access Lines30 min
Season 2020Episode 4Kintetsu Railway's Hinotori: Challenging the Shinkansen with Comfort30 min
Season 2020Episode 5Takanawa Gateway Station: The New Gateway to Tokyo30 min
Season 2020Episode 6Securing the Future of Japan's Local Railways30 min
Season 2020Episode 7The Blue Ribbon & Laurel Prize: Japan's Best New Trains30 min
Season 2020Episode 8Bicycle Onboard: Cycling with JR East30 min
Season 2020Episode 9Heisei Chikuho Railway: A Tourist Train Recovering from the Pandemic30 min
Season 2020Episode 10Tsugaru Railway: Surviving the Coronavirus Pandemic30 min
Season 2020Episode 11JR Freight: In Business for the Long Haul30 min
Season 2020Episode 12Beyond the Pandemic: Discussing the Railway with Industrial Designer Mitooka Eiji30 min
Season 2020Episode 13JR West: Redefining the Role of the Railway Post Pandemic30 min
Season 2020Episode 14Tenryu Hamanako Railroad: Working with the Community to Revitalize the Railway30 min
Season 2020Episode 15Reviewing the New Trains of 202030 min
Season 2021Episode 1Keeping Commuters Safe during the Pandemic30 min
Season 2021Episode 2Moka Railway: Pushing Forward with Steam30 min
Season 2021Episode 3Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 202130 min
Season 2021Episode 4Japan's Top New Trains: Awarded for Excellence30 min
Season 2021Episode 5Back in Time at the Romancecar Museum30 min
Season 2021Episode 6Shinano Railway: Investing in New Trains30 min
Season 2021Episode 7This is Not the End of the Line: Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture30 min
Season 2021Episode 8Asa Coast Railway: The World's First DMV30 min
Season 2021Episode 9Shinkansen Freight: Carrying On Post Pandemic30 min
Season 2021Episode 10Kominato Railway: Surviving with Wisdom and Ingenuity30 min
Season 2022Episode 1Must-see Railway News: The Latter Half of 202130 min
Season 2022Episode 2Ekiben: Making a Comeback30 min
Season 2022Episode 3Konan Railway: Combating the Snow30 min
Season 2022Episode 4Rebuilding Tohoku's Railway Network30 min
Season 2022Episode 5Trains Evolving by Design30 min
Season 2022Episode 6Tobu Railway: Restoring a Steam Locomotive30 min
Season 2022Episode 7Working on the Move by Rail30 min
Season 2022Episode 8Speeding Toward Carbon-Free Railways30 min
Season 2022Episode 9Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 202230 min
Season 2022Episode 10Kosaka Railroad: A Second Chance for a Discontinued Railway30 min
Season 2022Episode 11Running a Luxury Tourist Train in Hokkaido30 min
Season 2022Episode 12JR Okayama Branch: Using Old Trains to Attract Tourists30 min
Season 2022Episode 13Yagan Railway: Surviving as a Connecting Line30 min
Season 2022Episode 14Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen: Half A Century Since Its Inception30 min
Season 2022Episode 15JR Tadami Line: Back After 11 Years30 min
Season 2022Episode 16Exploring the Labyrinth that is Tokyo Station30 min
Season 2022Episode 17Reviewing the New Trains of 202230 min
Season 2023Episode 1Must-see Railway News: The Latter Half of 202230 min
Season 2023Episode 2Ichibata Electric Railway: Working Hand in Hand with the Region30 min
Season 2023Episode 3Choshi Electric Railway: Turning Creative Ideas into Profit30 min
Season 2023Episode 4The Tohoku Shinkansen: Full Speed Ahead30 min
Season 2023Episode 5JR Geibi Line and Kisuki Line at a Crossroads30 min
Season 2023Episode 6Yuri Kogen Railway: Getting People Back on Track30 min
Season 2023Episode 7Collaborating to Revive Japan's Stations30 min
Season 2023Episode 8Hisatsu Orange Railway: Fully Supported by Kagoshima Prefecture30 min
Season 2023Episode 9Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 202330 min
Season 2023Episode 10Fukushima's Iizaka Line: Keeping Business on Track30 min
Season 2023Episode 11Minamiaso Railway: Overcoming Disaster30 min
Season 2023Episode 12Countdown to the Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension30 min
Season 2023Episode 13Putting JR Hokkaido's Abandoned Lines to Use30 min
Season 2023Episode 14Haga Utsunomiya LRT: Shaping Communities30 min
Season 2023Episode 15Oigawa Railway: Keeping Steam Alive30 min
Season 2023Episode 16JR Shikoku's Collaborative New Idea30 min
Season 2024Episode 1Must-see Railway News: The Latter Half of 202330 min
Season 2024Episode 2Shining a Light on Japan's Monorails30 min
Season 2024Episode 3Riding in Style: Exploring Japan's Tourist Trains30 min
Season 2024Episode 4Hapi-Line Fukui: Born Alongside the Shinkansen30 min
Season 2024Episode 5New Regional Yamagata Shinkansen Series E830 min
Season 2024Episode 6The Challenging Journey of Akechi Railway30 min
Season 2024Episode 7Iwate Prefecture: Promoting Railway Tourism30 min
Season 2024Episode 8Branching Out with the Shin-Yokohama Line30 min
Season 2024Episode 9Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 202430 min
Season 2024Episode 10Railcars Dressed in Tradition30 min
Season 2024Episode 11Affordable Luxury Trains: Kintetsu Railway30 min
Season 2024Episode 12The 60th Anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen: Part 1, The Evolution of High-Speed Rail30 min
Season 2024Episode 13The 60th Anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen: The Evolution of Maintenance Technologies30 min
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