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

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

Case in point, the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) just announced the completion of a 3D-printed train station, which it says is a world first. Plans to replace a crumbling wooden station in ...

Felines there innocently toy with miniature trains running on ... sightseers from outside of Japan show up there. “I never imagined that,” said Teraoka. “Our cafe was possible because ...

Japan has unveiled a new 'earthquake resistant', 200mph (320kph) bullet train – that's designed by a British firm. Studio Tangerine, which is headquartered in London, has become the first non ...

On a small island in southwestern Japan with a population of only around 1,700, Australian John Widmer, reputed to be the island's only foreign resident, runs a cafe hoping it will serve as a new spot ...

announced it would construct Japan’s first 3D-printed train station in Wakayama Prefecture. The Japan News says the locomotive company will replace the aging Hatsushima Station along the Kisei ...

The latest example comes from Japan, where a new train station will be built in just six hours. To be clear, Hatsushima Station isn't some ambitious multi-story building, but a small and simple ...