Japan's transport ministry is considering raising the leasing fees paid by Japan Railways group companies for some Shinkansen bullet train line facilities. The ministry is looking to use the higher re ...

East Japan Railway Co. on Jan. 23 blamed human error for the power outage that stopped operations for about eight hours on ...

A man was detained after being found brandishing what appeared to be scissors on a train on the JR Saikyo Line in Tokyo on ...

Four-car train sets cross the I-90 floating bridge during pre-revenue operations on January 9, 2026. (Sound Transit) This ...

As an American, you might think nothing of blowing your nose in public, striking up a conversation with strangers in the lift or asking someone you just met what they do for a living. But try this in ...

Driven by lessons from World War II and China’s expanding presence, Japan’s strategic orientation is pivoting eastward into the Pacific.

MITOYO, Japan >> In striking illusion, a local train seems to run across the open ocean less than a minute after departing from a station in Tadotsu, Kagawa prefecture.

The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) bilateral exercise “Iron Fist 26” will see approximately ...

The utility that operates the Fukushima plant that melted down in 2011 restarted a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear ...

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant after inspections ...

In most cases, trains are used simply as a means of reaching a destination. At the same time, there are trains in Japan that ...

Tokyo’s Yamanote Line was paralysed for over 8 hours after a power supply failure and a subsequent fire, disrupting about 670 ...