Kyushu Shinkansen services to be fully resumed on Sept. 18 after quake

FUKUOKA - Kyushu Railway Co. said Thursday it will fully resume Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train services on Sept. 18, after operations on part of the line were suspended following a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture last month.

The railway operator, known as JR Kyushu, suspended all shinkansen services after the magnitude-7.1 quake on July 28, which registered the maximum 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale and killed more than 30 people.