Commuters can now feel like they’re setting off on a journey of epic proportions with these dramatic new train jingles blaring in their ears.
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”Why fly when you can ride?” this crow in Sapporo seems to be asking.
The new ad campaign addresses a variety of behaviours that should be avoided while travelling on trains, but so far, this is the only act that they’re calling indecent.
Some of the video game franchise’s greatest heroes appear in promotion for its latest title.
Famed Japanese politeness wraps so far back around that it ends up being pretty rude on Osaka train.
CHIBA — JR East says it will re-educate its employees after its trains have been involved in a series of overruns at platforms.
Usually commuters get upset by train delays, but this time they were all smiles.
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It turns out a lot of different people are involved in the response team when a train hits a person in Japan.
Approximately 20 minutes after an elderly woman leapt in front of an express train, a conductor threw himself from an elevated train track down the line.
From stairs to walkways and even escalator handrails, this Tokyo neighbourhood has created a beautiful send-off for the Guinness World Record-holding manga that made it famous.
Yes, Japan’s Shinkansen is an amazingly stress-free way to get around the country, but that doesn’t mean the driver should be this relaxed.
Japan Rail has just released a list of the most rare and frequently lost items found on their trains, and when they’re most likely to find them.
In a society that prides itself on polite customer service, this ticket machine stands out for its hilariously impolite treatment of customers.
It might look like brand new technology, but this surprising system is on a train that’s been running for more than forty years.
Tokyo’s Yamanote Line was suspended for hours in both directions today due to the incident.
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