But often some of the most thought-provoking #PaxEx comes from the most local of sources, as your author discovered on board ...

A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after ... and then left for about three minutes to use the lavatory in a passenger cabin, JR Central said. The company's rules state that if ...

And she's the only one who gets on the train. Japan is keeping the train station in her neighborhood open just for her. When she graduates in March, it will be shut down. "I got on and off this ...

Japan's struggling regional economies could receive a much-needed boost via the recent introduction of high-end train tours that offer travelers a chance to sample less-visited locations in luxury.

Delays in the finalisation of rolling stock for the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed line have scuppered plans for trial runs ...

Here's what my trip on Japan's Aoniyoshi train was like ... and I appreciated the railway's focus on the passenger experience. In the United States, the closest comparison is perhaps Florida's ...

TOKYO -- Women-only washrooms will soon be installed on shinkansen bullet trains running in west and central Japan to meet passenger needs, two operators announced on Dec. 13. The changes will ...

They are rare in Japan, which has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world. In 2015, a man died after setting himself on fire on board a bullet train. A female passenger was ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 4 and ...

The logo of West Japan Railway Co. (Mainichi/Miki Hirano) OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on Jan. 5 pushed an emergency ...

The railway company swiftly acted to ensure passenger safety ... a century and a half has elapsed since the arrival of trains in Japan, but the pursuit of railway safety continues.