A major Japanese credit card company plans to introduce touch payments for public transportation tickets across Japan in 2026 at the earliest, aiming to make travel easier for foreign tourists who ...

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But even accounting for serious accidents, "statistically speaking, you're safer in your flight than you were driving in your ...

It's a bus, it's a train, it's a DMV! A dual-mode vehicle equally at home on road and rail is set to make its public debut on ...

The Kaduna State Government is advancing plans to launch its first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, with guidance from the ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy, in a case that sparked ...

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

Tourism numbers are sky-high in Japan. The country saw record numbers of travelers throughout 2024, and government officials ...

The incident left a Chinese female bus attendant dead, and a Japanese mother and her child ... Details of the hearing were not made public. In September last year, another knife-wielding man ...

Police in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he allegedly groped a teenage girl at a bus stop last month. Police said the suspect, ...