The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, ...

The world's largest city is remarkably affordable, thanks to ample housing and transit. Experts said it's no coincidence.

Life in Tokyo, whether business or pleasure, revolves around trains and rail stations. Experts say that's no accident.

TOKYO - Shinkansen bullet train services in north-eastern Japan resumed on March 26 after a more than eight-hour stoppage ...

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, which connects Tokyo with ...

A school designed to train sake professionals near Tokyo has accepted its first foreign student since opening two decades ago ...

A train passes on an overhead section in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 29, 2023. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Although rail operators in Japan have been announcing price hikes, fares remain low compared to ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 29 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones are still seeking justice.

From clothes to records to books to gifts, the shopping experience in Tokyo’s buzzing Shinjuku is next-level and only limited ...

Japanese spend a lot of time thinking about manners, and spend a lot of time riding trains too. So that means, of course, that people in Japan also spend a lot of time thinking about manners related ...