For Japan’s train commuters in the years following World War II, buying a ticket could be a stressful experience. Today it’s ...

It’s no secret that Japan has a lot of earthquakes. The country records more seismic activity than anywhere else in the world ...

Back in 2001, East Japan Railway Company/JR East revolutionized train travel in Japan when they launched the Suica system. Instead of having to hunt for your destination on a map posted on the wall in ...

The Shinkansen, Japanese for "bullet train," forever changed transportation in Japan and in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Japan's high-speed rail journey began in 1964, just before the ...

All passengers were evacuated from the Tokyo-bound train. At JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, a Tokaido Shinkansen Line train was stopped due to the release of bear repellent spray onboard ...

TOKYO, Nov 11 — East Japan Railway Co (JR East) will retire its long-serving penguin mascot — the face of its Suica transit ...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...

Japan is preparing to add four new fields to its “specified skilled worker” visa to address labor shortages in especially hard-hit industries, government sources said.