Japan's biggest railway company raised its fares by an average 7.1 percent on Saturday. It is East Japan Railway's first across-the-board fare increase since it was privatized in 1987, apart from ...

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

Japan's iconic bullet trains are now carrying cargo at speeds up to 275 kmph, marking a world first for dedicated freight ...

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 ...

Eleven railway operators in Tokyo and its vicinity on Wednesday began allowing passengers to transfer between lines using a ...

Japan’s first-ever freight-only Shinkansen train began commercial service on the Tohoku Shinkansen line on March 23.All ...

The distinctive melodies that have long marked train departures across East Japan Railway Co.'s network are steadily falling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese woman in front of moving train Navigating the Tokyo railway and train network can be daunting at first. With careful ...

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) has assured contractors of Japan-funded railway projects that the government will ...