“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 ...

D-printed architecture continues to go from strength to strength, with all kinds of projects now being created with the ...

Japan on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo ...

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

Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. shows that public transportation can be profitable – and good.

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 ...

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