Tokyo Metro Co. is raising ¥348.6 billion ($2.3 billion) after the company priced shares at the top of the marketed range, ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

The intensive 12-day campaigning season for a vote to be held on October 27 was formally set in motion by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba — the quirky, 67-year-old LDP veteran who was elevated to the ...

F rom gold-clad temples and the refined performance of geishas to giant Buddhas, neon-drenched skylines, Shinto shrines and Shinkansen bullet trains, Japan is a dazzling mix of ancient and modern.

NAGOYA, Japan – Right on schedule, the sleek white train with a blue streak and a bullet-shaped head pierced the late-morning ...

Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture has started an event that provides a hands-on train driver experience on real ...

Shima, will begin excursions between Tokyo’s Ueno Station and northern Japan in May this year. The sleeper, which includes a lounge car, dining car and six carriages devoted to private suites, will ...

A Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train has begun operation for a limited time, as part of a collaboration between East Japan ...

Japan’s capital is a beacon of urban luxury, from established international brands to talk-of-the-town boutique newcomers.

In the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, there has been an increase in the number of brown bears, who usually live in the mountains, ...

There, just outside the window of my room in the snow bum lodge in Hakuba, Japan, stood some of the most magnificent peaks, ...

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