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Usually, when you gotta go, you gotta go, but maybe you can’t when you’re supposed to be driving the bullet train.
Get out your tape measure, because you might need a more expensive seat and special reservation, or cash to pay an extra charge.
After years of complicated and added-expense hoops to jump through, JR will start letting international travelers buy their passes online and inside their home countries.
Electronic Paper and E Ink create a moving display for the opening of Takanawa Gateway Station.
Countermeasure promises to bring attention to the specific part of the train where the groping is taking place.
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