The decision comes after widespread reports of chikan targeting teenage candidates on crowded trains ... fronted by Japanese model and television personality Peco, who urges women not to be ...

An app which was originally designed to help alert elderly people in Japan about scams is now being used in an innovative way. Female commuters in Japan have had access to women-only carriages on ...

an increasing number of women are sharing on social media their experiences of dealing with "chikan" (gropers or groping) on trains. Many have also turned to smartphone apps to help them.

An curved arrow pointing right. This video shows passengers boarding a subway train in Tokyo during rush hour. Despite the train looking overloaded, people keep squeezing in until there is almost ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms by next spring. The company said Dec. 13 that about half of the ...

said The Japan Times. The suspension affected 19 trains and about 8,200 passengers. The woman was in an area out of bounds to the public, trying to take photos of the ocean, when the train hit her.

The 61-year-old woman from Hong Kong was visiting Otaru, Hokkaido when she was hit by a train as she stood in a restricted area on the tracks to take photos of the ocean. She was rushed to ...