As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

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

A major railway operator in Japan is set to build the world's first 3D-printed train station in just six ... 60 miles south of Osaka, West Japan Railway (JR West) said in a statement last week.

Commuters were out in force as usual in Tokyo and Osaka ... to when Japan's first state of emergency was declared a year ago. “At that time, I was able to find a seat on a train on the normally ...