"America can easily make it, but [there are] too many complaints of cost." Traveler shares honest review after taking ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a record-breaking feat to build the world’s first 3D-printed train station.

“The Japan rail system has taken very significant steps to become as prepared as possible, especially with their high-speed rail network,” she said. Yuichiro Tanaka, deputy director of the ...

China broke its own record for the world’s fastest train, clocking in at 281 miles per hour. But in Japan, testing is ...

Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears ...

East Japan Railway (JR East) has unveiled exterior and interior designs of its planned next-generation E10 series Shinkansen trains.

with local residents and rail enthusiasts bidding farewell to the easternmost train station in Japan. The unstaffed station in the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, was opened in 1961 on the Nemuro Main ...

A bullet train made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars decoupled, leading to a three-hour suspension of bullet train services in eastern Japan and raising safety ...

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, announced Tuesday that it will resume the sales on March 1. The rechargeable cards, widely used for train and bus fares, also work for vending machines ...

There are a lot of little things that make Japan’s rail network so pleasant to use, and one of them is the departure melodies that play before trains depart. Instead of a harsh buzzer or clanging bell ...