A growing number of express bus services are being operated in Japan, partly because expressway networks are expanding and also because more people are visiting the country from abroad.

Expressway operators in Japan are scaling back holiday discounts after the lower tolls led to an increase in traffic congestion. The usual 30-percent reduction will no longer apply to 3-day ...

Japan launched its first ride-hailing services this month. Uber and other apps are gearing up to take on the market, but taxi companies remain in the driver's seat thanks to strict regulations.

Designated as Japan ... ride up to Mount Shirataki along a steep, twisty road, many find it easier to tackle on foot. The observation deck, surrounded by 700 stone Buddhas, looks over the ...

A blink and you will miss it test ride on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line offers some idea of the potential of traveling at 500 kph. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) provided a trial run for ...

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But for those keen to visit Japan, the experience just got a whole lot cheaper and easier. That’s because one bus company is launching the country’s first-ever bunk bed sleeper bus ...

On Japan’s bullet trains ... 21 furry passengers boarded the sleek shinkansen train for a one-hour ride to the resort town of Karuizawa with their owners. “We’re having fun,” Yukari ...