OSAKA--The end of the line is finally coming for West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) 381-series express trains, the oldest model still used for regular services on the main island of Honshu.

TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out in a residential building in Higashinari Ward of Japan's Osaka on Wednesday, leaving two dead and another one in critical condition, local media reported.

OSAKA--West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) is set to equip its trains with ... incident aboard a rapid train on the Kansai Airport Line in July last year. The weapon will be installed in phases ...

At a ceremony held at JR Tokyo Station ... connecting Tokyo and Osaka in four hours. The current travel time has shortened to two hours and 21 minutes. The Tokaido Shinkansen Line, which serves ...

(Mainichi/Miki Hirano) OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on Jan ... to West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), the trouble caused ...