Navigating the Tokyo railway and train network can be daunting at first. With careful planning and research, the railway system is the most convenient mode of transportation during your time in Japan.

Japan’s railway technology – long admired for its safety, precision, and reliability – has steadily expanded its global ...

One of the current hard-to-read signs crammed with building and facility names as well as train line information is seen in Shinjuku Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Jan. 17, 2018. (Mainichi) A new ...

Japan is a country built for trains. Its multiple large cities situated relatively close to one another make it the ideal environment for trains over planes. In the 1960s Japan pioneered the "bullet ...

TOKYO — Hundreds of thousands of commuters in Tokyo got a free ride to work this morning after a systems glitch caused more than 7,000 ticket gates at 662 railway stations to fail. The gates, which ...

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee today welcomed Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Metro) and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) as Tokyo 2020 Official Partners, the second domestic tier of the Tokyo ...

In this July 30, 2019 photo, commuters make their way through a tunnel underneath the clusters of platform signs at Shinjuku Station during the morning rush hour in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) In ...

A study has shown that overcrowding during the Olympics could ‘paralyse’ transfer stations and major lines in Tokyo, Japan. The Olympics is far more than just a sports event; it’s an opportunity for ...