The 39-inch serpent tangled itself on an overhead power line, electrocuting itself and causing delays of over an hour and a ...

One of Japan’s busiest bullet train lines screeched to a halt Wednesday after a snake tangled itself in a power line, triggering an outage that froze the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and ...

Japan’s trains are known for being clean, efficient and safe. But they’re also where a darker problem plays out: chikan — public groping, mostly targeting women in packed commuter cars. In this ...

The incident occurred between Gifu-Hashima and Maibara station around 5.25pm on Wednesday, 30 April, halting trains to the Japanese capital and the city of Osaka for around an hour and a half ...

Japan’s high-speed bullet train services were halted on its busiest line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake became tangled in the overhead wires, causing a power outage. The incident occurred ...