Japan railway driver caught using smartphone while operating train
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) revealed on March 18 that a driver had been caught using a smartphone while operating a ...
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known worldwide as manga. And all stand on equal ground with the likes of Shohei ...
Missing Link: How small Japanese stores are using digital payments
Japan was once the home of cash. This is still partly the case, but not only. A short tour of Tokyo's outskirts shows why.
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Northeastern Japan shinkansen back in normal service after incident
Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the operator said, ...
Cubs superfan Bill Murray shares moment with Ken Griffey Jr. at Tokyo Series
Meanwhile, the Tokyo crowd brought a contagious energy, enhanced by a surprise visit from a roaming Pikachu mascot, a nod to ...
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First-class section being added to Tokyo commuter trains this month with double-decker Green Cars
Every morning, thousands of commuters pile into trains on the Chuo Line to ride from the affordable suburbs of west Tokyo ...
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In baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
TOKYO — The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest ... Hall of Famers like Ken Griffey Jr. and Cooperstown-bound CC Sabathia lined up with current players like the Dodgers ...
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JR East resumes coupled shinkansen operations
The company halted such train operations on the Tohoku line after a pair of coupled trains suddenly became detached while ...
Self-driving buses tested to alleviate bus driver shortages
On a recent winter day, a bus was traveling through an intersection in Tokyo with pedestrians at a speed of 30 kph.
Colossal facelift in Shinjuku to replace Showa Era landmarks
The bustling Shinjuku commercial and entertainment district in Tokyo is on the verge of undergoing a major facelift on a ...
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Tangerine designs sleek new E10 Shinkansen train, new Privacy class
An evolution of the 2011-era E5 Series Shinkansen, the E10 retains the iconic duckbill-nosed train design, and features ...
Japan unveils new 200mph, 'earthquake resistant' bullet train designed in BRITAIN - the first time a non-Japanese firm has been entrusted with designing the iconic Shinkansen
The new East Japan Railway Company (JR East) train - the E10 - will come into service in 2030 and replace the existing E2 and E5 bullet trains on the Tohoku route.