Home to the ultra-efficient high-speed Shinkansen network, Japan is a country perfectly suited to exploration by train ...

Japan's struggling regional economies could receive a much-needed boost via the recent introduction of high-end train tours that offer travelers a chance to sample less-visited locations in luxury.

Two women were fatally struck by a train on Thursday at a Sanyo Electric Railway crossing in Tarumi Ward of Kobe, a port city ...

Donna Burke has the most famous voice you've never heard of. The Australian expat first moved to Japan in the 1990s, hoping ...

The logo of West Japan Railway Co. (Mainichi/Miki Hirano) OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan gave a thumbs-up to Japan’s magnetic-levitation train after taking a ride at 505 kilometers per hour. Tokyo hopes to export the pricey technology to the U.S. Photo: Getty Ima ...

Central Japan Railway Co. and Sekisui Chemical have revealed plans to deploy flexible perovskite-based PV systems along the ...

Following the Pikes Peak Cog Railway on the JR Pass list were two other U.S. train rides: the Aurora Winter Train with Alaska ...