A one-week strike by 2,400 subway and bus maintenance workers wound up June 17, as workers continue to resist management demands for more subcontracting of work.

TOKYO -- Shigeo Nagashima, one of the most famous baseball players in Japanese history who was known as “Mr. Pro Baseball,” has died. He was 89. Nagashima died Tuesday in a hospital due to ...

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A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares. Kyoto City sacked the man, who was not named ...

The Supreme Court of Japan decided on Thursday that a Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service rightfully lost his $84,000 pension after he was caught stealing $7 from the fare box.

In Japan, some tour buses have been repurposed as hearses, providing “compassionate” funeral services that enable families to visit meaningful places with their deceased loved ones.

Paramount+ is expanding its footprint in Japan through a deal with prominent local streamer Lemino, operated by Japan’s top telco NTT Docomo. The non-exclusive agreement will give Japanese ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After announcing at the end of last year improvements for several local bus lines across the city, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency have set a ...

But if you plan to spend less than two weeks in Japan, I'd recommend selecting a ryokan near or between the main cities you want to explore. Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle ...

Despite requests to a local bus company as in previous years ... shortening the event duration to scale down the festivities. (Japanese original by Koichi Fukuzawa, Yokosuka Local Bureau) ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) – A school bus driver is being hailed as a hero after saving students from a burning bus in Cleveland Heights. Now, that driver is speaking out about the ...