The closures are set to begin at around 4 p.m. for major routes including the Tomei Expressway, Shin-Tomei Expressway and ...

The high-performance cars are operated by the expressway traffic unit based near the Kanuma Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. They are mainly used for patrols on the Tohoku and Kita-Kanto ...

A crippling snowstorm buried many parts of the Hokkaido and Tohoku regions on Feb. 21, paralyzing the local transportation system and causing a multiple vehicle pile-up on a major expressway.

and shares with us this story taken from the Mainichi Daily News: "FUKUSHIMA -- A member of top Japanese ska-punk band, "Kemuri," died and another suffered serious injuries in a pileup on the Tohoku ...