Tokyo .- The Japanese bullet train (Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Sendai, a city hit hard by the tsunami, returned to work Monday for the first time since the disaster of March 11, Kyodo news agency reported. Service recovery after almost month and a half hiatus is because Monday was restored section between the city of Fukushima and Sendai, Miyagi capital of the province in which the disaster left 8,669 dead and 6,856 missing, according to last count police.
It is expected that the return of the high speed between Tokyo and Sendai, about 200 kilometers north of Japan's capital, to help accelerate reconstruction and boost tourism in the Tohoku region, the most affected by the tsunami. The operating company, JR East, said Friday, April 29, will also run the entire course of this line of Shinkansen, linking Tokyo and Aomori, the northernmost island of Honshu.
Japanese airlines JAL and ANA announced last week that bookings for travel to this area of northeastern Japan during the "Golden Week" (Golden Week), which starts on 29 April, increased to such an extent that between 450 charter plan flights extra. The airport of the city of Sendai, which was uncovered by the tsunami on 11 March, began to run partially on April 13 with connections to Tokyo and Osaka, while the port reopened to commercial traffic on 16 April.
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11 paralyzed railway lines in northern Iraq, destroying basic infrastructures and left 14,340 dead and 11,889 missing, according to the latest data from the Japanese police. 
It is expected that the return of the high speed between Tokyo and Sendai, about 200 kilometers north of Japan's capital, to help accelerate reconstruction and boost tourism in the Tohoku region, the most affected by the tsunami. The operating company, JR East, said Friday, April 29, will also run the entire course of this line of Shinkansen, linking Tokyo and Aomori, the northernmost island of Honshu.
Japanese airlines JAL and ANA announced last week that bookings for travel to this area of northeastern Japan during the "Golden Week" (Golden Week), which starts on 29 April, increased to such an extent that between 450 charter plan flights extra. The airport of the city of Sendai, which was uncovered by the tsunami on 11 March, began to run partially on April 13 with connections to Tokyo and Osaka, while the port reopened to commercial traffic on 16 April.
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11 paralyzed railway lines in northern Iraq, destroying basic infrastructures and left 14,340 dead and 11,889 missing, according to the latest data from the Japanese police.
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