With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway ...

where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added another boasting right. Tokyu Railways’ trains running ...

The Takanawa Embankment was part of Japan's first railway line. Prime Minister Suga ... Suga added that he hopes it will be designated as a national historic site. In March, the Archaeological ...

So, Turner, who lives in Tokyo's Ota Ward, started arranging rail-specialized trips in Japan for sightseers from overseas. “A big appeal of Japan’s railways lies in the many local lines,” he ...

Passenger numbers for local railway lines across Japan continue to fall as the population declines and more people opt to drive. Stations, meant to be hubs of vitality, are also seeing numbers fall.

A man was killed and two other people were injured in an apparent random stabbing incident on Wednesday evening near a railway station ... for ski areas in central Japan, local police and fire ...