East Japan Railway Co (JR East) will retire its long-serving penguin mascot — the face of its Suica transit IC card — at the ...

Back in 2001, East Japan Railway Company/JR East revolutionized train travel in Japan when they launched the Suica system. Instead of having to hunt for your destination on a map posted on the wall in ...

The 2005 accident in Hyogo Prefecture left 106 passengers and the train driver dead and some 560 others injured.

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 penguin has served as the face of Suica since its launch in 2001. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

JTB and JR Tokai, a Japan’s railway company, has launched luggage delivery service ‘LUGGAGE EXPRESS’ between Tokyo and Kyoto with Shinkansen. A traveler receives it at a hotel on the day.

West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be completed in mid-December. The company informed bereaved ...

A tsunami of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was detected at Ofunato city in Iwate Prefecture, Ominato port, Miyako and ...

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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 ...

Of all the winter train rides of the world, the Japan Railways Group named the Canadian Rockies Snow Train the best. The ...