Shinkansen

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) announced on Friday morning that Sanyo Shinkansen services between Hakata and Hiroshima stations have been suspended after a piece of plastic got caught in the overhead wires at JR Kokura Station. The driver of the Nozomi 103 train from Tokyo to Hakata spotted the issue and shut off the power supply for safety. This led to a power outage between Hakata and Shin-Shimonoseki stations starting at 11:03 a.m.