Japan: Storm over stranded train: Did social media overreact?

By Ong Hwee Hwee, Digital Editor, The Straits Times; January 28, 2018 In Japan, trains are known for their punctuality,…

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Pregnant Subway Riders in Tokyo Can Request a Seat With Their Phones

By Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure; December 20, 2017 More than 40 years ago, social psychologist Dr. Stanley Milgram gave…

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Japan: Bullet train makes departure, mistakenly leaves 200 passengers behind on platform

By Meg Murphy, Sora News 24; December 18, 2017 The trains in Japan are often praised for their punctuality, and…

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Japan’s transport minister orders inspections for all 4,800 bullet trains after crack found

By Walter Sim, Japan Correspondent, The Straits Times; December 15, 2017 TOKYO – Japan’s transport minister Keiichi Ishii has ordered…

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Japan unveils new graceful super express trains

By Helen Coffey, The Independent; December 8, 2017 The Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan revealed its new series 70,000 Graceful…

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Japan Just Made a Passenger Train Specifically for Bike Commuters

By Matt Bevilacqua, Bicycling; December 7, 2017 Multimodal bike commuters—those cyclists who make part of their regular trips on public…

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Japan: How do railways figure out congestion on their trains?

From Japan Today; December 6, 2017 TOKYO – One of the stereotypical images of Japan during its years of postwar…

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Reality Check: When is a train on time?

From BBC News Asia; November 22, 2017 A Japanese railway company made headlines after it apologised for sending a train…

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Japanese train line apologizes for departing seconds too early

By Katherine Lam, Fox News; November 16, 2017 Commuters usually groan about delays and canceled trains, but a Japanese rail…

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Luxury trains zip along Japan’s everyday commute routes

By KYOHEI SUGA, Nikkei staff writer, Nikkei Asian Review; November 11, 2017 TOKYO — Short trips on luxury trains have…

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Substandard metal parts used in Japan’s bullet trains

By Sherisse Pham, CNNMoney, KITV 4 ABC Island News; October 12, 2017 HONG KONG (CNNMoney) — Planes, trains and automobiles…

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In Tokyo, life is not complete without trains

By Linda Yulisman, The Jakarta Post; October 10, 2017 Everyday Tomoi Nasu, 27, travels by train from her house in…

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Japan Railway Central previews N700S Shinkansen train

Written by Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; October 3, 2017 CENTRAL Japan Railway Company (JR Central) previewed its next generation…

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Alstom, Siemens to merge rail businesses to counter China’s CRRC

By Alexander Hübner and Cyril Altmeyer, Reuters, September 26, 2017 MUNICH/PARIS (Reuters) – German industrial group Siemens AG and French…

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Alstom, Siemens Forget High-Speed-Rail Feud Amid Asian Onslaught

By Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg, September 27, 2017 Alstom SA’s merger with the train-making arm of Siemens AG will mark the end…

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