IF YOU’RE after a last-minute city break abroad, I’ve found a hack to bag cheap fares to an often-overlooked destination that ...

Is there anything more exciting than stepping onto a train? The moment when you have one foot on a platform and the other on the ledge in the train door is a huge thrill. When the journey that awaits ...

Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. shows that public transportation can be profitable – and good.

The companies, including East Japan Railway Co, had hoped to utilise Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train ... Alex Goh said the government is set to narrow down candidates within several months ...

T he hot springs town of Shibu Onsen is both photogenic and sleepy. It’s been a popular place to visit for more than 1300 years, due in part to the numerous sources of thermal water here. The ...

The former geisha district of Kagurazaka is worth exploring at any time, but especially as evening falls on the atmospheric narrow alleys ... the ritual of riding a shinkansen (bullet train ...

In general we used Sannomiya , but Shin-Kobe is where the high-speed shinkansen trains pass through ... you can start climbing the narrow staircases to reach the higher floors. There wasn’t much to ...

The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday ...