For long-distance travel in Japan, most people’s first transportation choice is the shinkansen, followed by a plane if their ...

And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour around central Japan with a group of strangers began, a little more intimately ...

Yamagata–based travel specialist The Hidden Japan has launched a new collection of multi-day tours showcasing local crafts ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Japan's Alpha-X next ... Test runs of the train have been conducted on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line twice a week or so, mostly at night, during which it hit a maximum speed of 400 kph.

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Prefecture—West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) is testing a new train that uses cameras and artificial intelligence to inspect utility poles, traffic lights and other railroad ...

The timing of these festivals varies across Japan, starting in the warmer southwest and ending in the colder north. Additionally, "yozakura," the viewing of illuminated cherry blossoms at night, is a ...

With more people working from home and rising transport costs, fewer are going out to drink after work, and bars are suffering. As nightlife operators shutter, this will have a far-reaching impact on ...

Trump Directly Calls for U.S.A.I.D. to Be Shut Down The ousted director of federal prisons contests her firing, citing civil service rules. Vance calls for reinstatement of DOGE worker who ...

now Japan Rail, managed to almost double the speed of its fastest trains when it created the first Shinkansen, known in English as the bullet train. The first Shinkansen line opened on October 1 ...