I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

The unidentified Japanese man, with a bleeding forehead, reportedly pulled out a knife and attacked a staff member at a train ...

Another strategy that has shown some promise is the placement of mood lighting, as has been done in Japanese train stations. In 2009 the East Japan Railway Company acted after suicides on the ...

03:21 In 1989, JR East began playing train departure melodies at Shibuya and Shinjuku stations in Tokyo. This is Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka, the first station on the Keihan Electric Railway line.

And one key railway in Japan has so far shown no interest in joining the system. Prepaid IC cards, such as Suica and Pasmo, are widely used at stations. But the new credit-card gates allow ...

Local railway operator Izukyu Co. unveiled a 39-character promotional sub-name for Izu-Hokkawa Station here on Feb. 5, which ...

Tohoku Shinkansen services also were temporarily suspended between Sendai and Morioka stations. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men were waiting for a bus on the station's north side when ...

A man was killed and two other people were injured in an apparent random stabbing incident on Wednesday evening near a railway ... station in Nagano, a key transport hub for ski areas in central ...