This initiative by West Japan Railway Co (JR West) comes in response to several violent incidents on trains, including a ...

Nestled between the bustling metropolises of Tokyo and Osaka, Mie Prefecture offers travelers a captivating glimpse into ...

Integrated circuit (IC) cards have been in use in Japan for 23 years, replacing magnetic cards as the main form of cashless ...

A Japanese company is introducing around 1,200 stab-proof, lightweight umbrellas on 600 trains in the Kansai region. These ...

A Japanese company is set to introduce around 1,200 stab-proof, lightweight umbrellas on 600 trains in the Kansai region to ...

In the evening of Aug. 9, the bullet train bound for Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, departed Nagoya Station nearly full ...

An Icoca IC card produced by JR West is seen at JR Osaka Station in ... was the first in Japan to introduce this system, in a composite image provided by operator Willer Trains Inc. To replace ...

The inauguration ceremony for Japan's first bullet train service ... People wait for a Shinkansen high speed train at a station in Osaka on Jun 20, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Charly Triballeau) The ...

Tokyo: After a series of knife attacks in Japan, blade-resistant umbrellas will be installed on Japanese trains. The step ...

Japan’s legendary fleet of white-nosed bullet trains, which smoothly criss ... travelled 320 miles between Tokyo and Osaka, one departing from each station, arriving a precise four hours later ...

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ... of the Hikari No. 1 train on Oct. 1, 1964. The Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations marked the ...