The Seven Stars in Kyushu — known in Japanese as Nanatsuboshi in Kyushu — ...

This picture taken on April 26, 2017 shows the bathroom of the Shiki-Shima Suite of the Train Suite Shiki-Shima, operated by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

A Hello Kitty-themed bullet train made its final run in Japan on May 17, drawing crowds of fans to JR Shin-Osaka station to ...

Railroad and hotel magnate Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, once listed by Forbes as the world’s richest man, pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading and falsifying financial records at the opening of his ...

The ever-offbeat Japanese have a propensity for theming their trains, even their shinkansen, around famous cartoon characters ...

Saturday marks 21 years since a passenger train derailment in western Japan that killed more than 100 people. Families of the victims, officials of the train's operator and others offered prayers at ...

Since the first operational line between Shinbashi and Yokohama opened in 1872, rail has become a major Japanese industry, even creating several milestones, such as the Asia Express and Shinkansen.

(CNN) — Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city ...