East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has taken the lead in launching a training program aimed at nurturing about 100 foreign ...

Tokyo has predicted an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude-9 quake in the next 30 years that could cause 300,000 deaths In ...

Japan's biggest railway company raised its fares by an average 7.1 percent on Saturday. It is East Japan Railway's first ...

Omio launches in its 47th market, with a high-profile rollout in Japan, marking a step-change in how international travellers ...

Passenger transport in Japan is declining. The railway company JR East is looking for alternatives – and is sending freight ...

Step outside a train station in Tokyo, and you’ll find all sorts of amenities: neon-lit neighborhoods, shopping malls with bustling food courts, and public spaces where people engage in a range of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...