TOKYO (AP) — Flights and trains in the Tokyo area were canceled Friday, and people were warned of strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding and mudslides as a typhoon swerved near Japan on its ...

JR East said Tuesday it has suspended some of its Tohoku shinkansen bullet trains from the scheduled start of services due to ...

With its impressive Shinkansen line, where trains race at speeds up to 177mph, Japan's advanced railway system is reputed to be the most punctual in the world. Japanese National Railways, now known as ...

The typhoon that is categorised as a very strong storm by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is moving 110 kilometres (68 miles) northeast of Hachijojima Island in the Pacific Ocean moving north at ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate Friday because of the risk of flooding and mudslides from a powerful typhoon approaching in the Pacific Ocean. Flights and ...

Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is officially the busiest railway station globally, with 36 platforms, over 200 gates and more than 3 million passengers passing through daily, making it a city of its own.

Tokyo Station is the largest train terminal in Japan, with trains arriving and departing on conventional lines, Shinkansen bullet train lines, and many subway lines. It handles approximately 400,000 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Police and witnesses say a man dressed in a Joker costume and brandishing a knife stabbed at least one passenger on a Tokyo commuter train and started a fire. NHK TV reports the ...

TOKYO — Flights and trains in the Tokyo area were canceled Friday, and people were warned of strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding and mudslides as a typhoon swerved near Japan on its way ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people in northern ...