Eleven railway and subway operators in eastern Japan said Wednesday that they will accept tap-and-go credit card payments at 729 stations on 54 lines from March 25, about double the current numbers. T ...

Japan's Seiryu Miharashi Station, a unique railway stop in Iwakuni, offers breathtaking views of the Nishiki River and its ...

Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations ...

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.

Workers in rural Japan built a new train station in just six hours between the last train of the night and the first one the next morning. The new structure replaced a 75-year-old wooden station ...

Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network, to build ...

3D-printed architecture continues to go from strength to strength, with all kinds of projects now being created with the burgeoning technology, including a Walmart, housing, and even a data center.

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is shrinking ...

The humble bento is one of Japan's most recognizable culinary landmarks — and one of its most successful exports, known the world over as a delicious, accessible, and portable lunch. But while it's ...

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A railway power outage in Tokyo disrupted the morning commute for roughly ...

A fire-induced power outage in Tokyo disrupted morning commutes, halting trains on the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines, key ...

A calico cat named Yontama has officially taken up duties as the third feline “stationmaster” at a Japanese railway station – continuing a quirky tradition that has attracted thousands of tourists and ...