Our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma does a lot of travel for work, zipping around the country on Japan’s network of shinkansen bullet trains, but one recent rail ride turned out to be like none he’s ever ...

In a clip shared by a vlogger on Instagram, we get a glimpse of the locomotive, which is designed to look like the main character from the long-running children's show.

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Littering is never okay, but it’s one of the biggest social faux pas you can commit in Japan. “From their time in elementary ...

The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the country's Golden Week holidays was up 5 percent from a year earlier amid booming inbound tourism, the ...

Railroads transformed the world. They stitched together cities and continents, turning once-distant destinations into ...

Japan is a culture that takes public etiquette seriously, including how one behaves on a train, and breaking this particular ...

"Mind-blowing." Traveler shares honest review after riding next-gen high-speed train: 'I honestly wish we had trains like ...

A recent government survey found that foreign visitors to Japan ranked the scarcity of public bins, especially in places like ...

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All seats on the fastest Nozomi bullet trains along the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines will be reservation-only during periods of peak demand, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and West ...