Railway companies across Japan are giving train drivers a new addition to their uniforms that boosts visibility and reduces ...

Japan's Kyushu Railway Company, or JR Kyushu, said Monday that it will withdraw from the passenger ship business operated by a subsidiary. The business is run by JR Kyushu Jet Ferry, which covered ...

Transportation systems in southwest Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture continue to experience disruptions on Jan. 14, a day after a ...

The JR Kyushu Pikmin lunch box costs 1600 JPY ($10.20). When you open it, there aren’t any sides or food cut in the shape of Pikmin. However, it uses a lot of colorful vegetables that can remind ...

This file photo shows the Queen Beetle high-speed ferry docked at Hakata Port in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, in September 2024. FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Railway Co. said Monday it will terminate ...

JR Kyushu will withdraw from on-water transport completely and liquidate the wholly owned JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc., as it deemed it "cannot ensure operational safety" and due to questions over ...

FUKUOKA--Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) is scheduled to debut its first sweets-themed luxury sightseeing train departing and returning to Hakata Station here this month. The "Aru Ressha" ("a ...

Japan’s tourism boom is anticipated to continue in 2025. The East Asian island country is popular among Gen Z and millennials ...

A strong earthquake has rattled southwestern Japan, but there were no reports of serious damage. Japan's Meteorological ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday (January 13), the ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Hyuga-Nada Sea off the coast of Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Whether the trains are crisscrossing Europe or venturing into the Japanese countryside, the business model comes with ...