The year 2024 saw some train and bus operators in Japan switch to contactless credit card fare payment systems in lieu of transportation IC cards widely adopted nationwide. This is because of hefty ...

NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden Route linking the Japanese capital with Kyoto and Osaka.

SUSONO, Japan — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation. Daisuke ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Military parents who send their children to Global Step Academy, a pre-school and kindergarten for international students, said they’re relieved that Japan now requires an ...