TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government expects to complete an extension of the Oedo subway line by 2040, according to a draft plan to improve transportation access across the capital.

which links central Tokyo with the airport and is planned by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East). The need for a new subway line is apparent considering the growth of the affected areas. For example ...

Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway ... members got on separate train cars on three subway lines converging at Kasumigaseki, Japan’s government center ...

TOKYO — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres ...

The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Train services on Tokyo's busy Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines resumed Sunday following track ...

Known for their blazing speed, these trains not only connect major cities but are also strictly punctual. The vlogger posted a video on Instagram revealing that she travelled from Tokyo to Sendai ...

Netflix Japan is making ... s iconic bullet trains. “We were able to rent an entire bullet train and film it in motion seven times, travelling back and forth from Tokyo to Aomori,” Takahashi ...

The bullet trains have long been a symbol of Japan’s blossoming as a modern economy and peaceful culture in the decades following World War II. The first leg, connecting Tokyo with Osaka, opened with ...