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After decades without a significant increase, the price of the passes is jumping by as much as 76 percent. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still a good value, if you know how to use them. By Allan ...

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Shinkansen trains are known for their on-time efficiency, but if you arrive at the station well in advance of your train’s ...

Average train delays of 36 seconds every year? Who could complain about that kind of service? The Japanese icon JR East is one of the subjects in Skift's recent sixth anniversary book, For the Long ...

“Damn, these trains go fast,” I thought to myself while heading toward Tokyo aboard the Narita Express. It was an early Tuesday morning this past June when I landed at Narita International Airport.

Kamiyonai Station in Morioka attracts a steady stream of visitors for its local lacquerware works and access to a popular ...

Beloved by children across the country, Anpanman and Baikinman are among the 46 characters featured on the train’s colorful exterior. The new train, which will be introduced on JR Shikoku’s Kotoku ...

A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country’s largest ...