As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

Situated on the boundary of Shinjuku’s Memory Lane — a narrow alleyway of shabby but charming food stalls — Tajimaya Coffee House stands as evidence of Tokyo’s enduring kissaten culture. Kissaten ...

For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 8 mph (6.4 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds from SSE to SE at 4 to 13 mph (6.4 to 20.9 ...

The opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1982, and its many subsequent extensions and branches, brought the northernmost third of Japan’s main island of Honshu immeasurably closer to Tokyo in travel ..

TOKYO — The Dodgers have transformed into Japan’s MLB team after signing Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki the last two seasons. All the glitz of the Dodger’s Hollywood ...

The Met Police were called to concerns about a man’s welfare in Colindale Avenue, near Colindale underground station, at around 1.45pm on Tuesday. Officers attended and were engaging with the ...

The Tokyo Dome went dark, the lights blinking off around the stadium. Suddenly, a spotlight flashed on: A lone child stood on the mound, staring toward the plate. But it wasn’t a baseball he was ...

Events were held in the Hokuriku region Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the extension of the JR Hokuriku Shinkansen ... At Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture and ...

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — A MARTA train heading north on Saturday morning crashed into a person at the College Park station. MARTA officials say the crash happened around 7:30 a.m. There is no word on ...