As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts ...

UTSUNOMIYA--The nation’s first new streetcar service in 75 years began ... The next-generation tramway is operated by Utsunomiya Light Rail Co. and connects JR Utsunomiya Station here from ...

Explore Japan's world-class monorails. In 1821, the first patent was granted in the United Kingdom, and that is said to be the first record of such a system. 00:46 In Japan, the first system was ...

TOKYO - Gov. Wes Moore, D, on Saturday launched a weeklong mission to promote Maryland as a destination for business to ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most curious treasures. A spectacle to get the hearts of rail fans racing ... Morioka was placed second on the New York Times’ list of ...

So, Turner, who lives in Tokyo's Ota Ward, started arranging rail-specialized trips in Japan for sightseers from overseas. “A big appeal of Japan’s railways lies in the many local lines,” he ...