Visiting a hot spring or sento public bath is a literal immersion in a bathing culture that has lasted more than a millennium. It’s part of the social and spiritual fabric of life in Japan, where a ...

A new limited express train service directly linking Narita and Haneda airports is expected to start operating in the 2030s ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan to link Narita, Haneda ...

DART light rail ridership is up 16% compared to this same time last year as fans board trains to get to FIFA matches.

Japan will launch the Tokaido Lumiere Express overnight Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka on August 8, offering a new late-night travel option.

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In this East Asian nation of glittering urban skylines, mountain trails and folk villages, the extension of the high-speed ...

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More than half of national government employees in Japan do not want to relocate for work, the National Personnel Authority said on Wednesday, underscoring growing resistance to the long-standing ...

For most people looking to get their car from one destination to another, there are three options: drive it yourself, pay someone else to drive it for you, or hire a top car shipping company. But ...

A gorilla named Kiyomasa at a zoo in Japan has drawn attention online after a video of him posing like a “thinker” went viral. The video, which has over 8 million views across social media platforms, ...