TOKYO - Japan Railway Group companies and "ekiben" makers are joining forces to have the boxed meals sold at train stations ...

Japan's charming tradition of collecting 'eki stamps' from train stations offers a unique travel souvenir. These free, inked ...

The affable Suica Penguin will be hanging up its flippers at the end of the 2026 financial year, which concludes on March 31, ...

The measures include affixing barbed wire and noise-emitting sensors to fences. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The move is part of a business rebrand to shift JR East from an old-school firm dependent on train revenue to a fintech ...

It was revealed that the Japanese bullet train Shinkansen pilot, which runs at 225 kilometers per hour, was away for about ...

But one of the most beloved is soon to be no more. East Japan Railway Co., better known as JR East, announced Tuesday that it’s retiring the iconic penguin that has long adorned Suica, the contactless ...

Since Suica’s introduction in 2001, the penguin has featured on transit cards and apps that are used daily by the tens of ...

FUKUOKA -- Nintendo Co. has opened its largest Japan store at JR Hakata Station in this southwest Japan city.

Although Kagoshima is far from Japan's political, economic and cultural core, the prefecture has plenty of history, nature and cuisine to explore on your next trip. Kagoshima’s geography has had a ...

Japan has built the first solar chimney in history back in 2008 and this solar architectural building that showcases 5,000 ...

DESPITE recent corruption scandals in Philippine public works, envoys from Japan, Canada, and the European Union said investor confidence and free trade negotiations remain intact, citing strong ...