2005-04-26 04:00:00 PDT Tokyo-- An obsession with punctuality may have led to Japan's deadliest rail crash in four decades, a morning rush-hour derailment Monday that killed at least 73 people, ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet, will ...

With a shrinking pool of skilled workers, Japan Railway companies are moving to automate traditionally backbreaking track and other maintenance work. Leveraging robotics and artificial intelligence ...

Japan’s Shinkansen to offer free Wi-Fi services by next year. Credit: Rsa. Japan Railways Group is set to provide free Wi-Fi services across its bullet train network by next year. All 108 bullet train ...

Japan’s biggest island is home to so many of the country’s popular highlights that the classic tour has become known as Japan ...

Snowfall causing train delays is nothing new. In the UK, where I'm from, this happens with hilarious, infuriating regularity. But last week, the first snow of 2016 brought Tokyo's central railway ...

If you are thinking about what to do with your Central Japan Railway shares, or just considering whether now is the right time to get on board, you are not alone. The stock has come a long way ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

TSURU, Japan — The experimental MLX01 maglev is the world’s fastest train. But it is confined to a 12-mile track. And like the train itself, its technology has been trapped in Japan. Now, though, ...