Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said Monday. The number of ...

The Kumamoto City Tram, which runs on the streets of Kumamoto, is operating an illuminated train. A tram covered in blue lights travels through the city and is making people happy. This is an ...

HIROSHIMA--Tetsuko Shakuda was a frightened 14-year-old when she resumed her work as a conductor on a tram line in the devastated city of Hiroshima, just three days after the atomic bomb exploded ...

HIROSHIMA--Streetcar No. 651, which was operating at the time of the atomic bombing 79 years ago, still rattles along the streets of this iconic city in western Japan. Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.

Old school meets high-tech in the Smooth Win Mover (SWIMO), a battery-powered streetcar set for deployment in Japan in 2007. Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is developing the SWIMO and the nickel ...