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National › Woman hit by bullet train at Sendai station
Sendai :: Japan | 10 days ago
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A woman was hit and seriously injured by a bullet train as it arrived at Sendai Station on Friday afternoon. The woman, who is in her 20s, was hit by the front of the train as it arrived at the station at around 5:30 p.m., TBS reported Saturday.
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Business › Tokyo American Club membership tops 3,500
Tōkyō :: Japan | 13 days ago
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Tokyo American Club (TAC) said Wednesday that its total membership now exceeds 3,500 active dues-paying members. This is the first time that club membership has exceeded this level since the beginning of the global financial crisis in 2008 and
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National › Golden Week return rush peaks
Tōkyō :: Japan | 15 days ago
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Shinkansen trains, expressways and airports were packed with travelers on Monday as holidaymakers returned home on the last day of the Golden Week holidays. Narita Airport said it expected more than 50,000 passengers to arrive back at the airport by
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Taiwanese man `collecting smiles' for Japanese quake victims
Tōkyō :: Japan | 17 days ago
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Tokyo, May 4 (CNA) A Taiwanese man is traveling around Japan to "collect smiles" for residents in the northeast of the country whose lives were devastated by the earthquake of March 11, 2011. Terry Chung, who hails from Taichung in central Taiwan,
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National › Memorial service held for victims of 2005 fatal train derailment
Amagasaki :: Japan | 26 days ago
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JR West officials attended a memorial service Thursday at the site of the crash in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. On April 25, 2005, a speeding train on the JR Fukuchiyama Line jumped the tracks on a tight bend during the morning rush hour and plowed
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Six injured by damaged Akihabara escalator
Ōsaka :: Japan | 27 days ago
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Six people were injured when their hands got caught in a damaged escalator at JR Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Wednesday, police said. At around 9:25 a.m., three men and three women got their hands pinched between the escalator's handrail and a 50-cm-
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“The Dreams Shown by White Wall: Migishi, Le Corbusier, and Kikuhata”
Ōsaka :: Japan | 1 month ago
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Physical space has always been an important element to consider when dealing with painting and architecture. So much in fact, that some artists create their work specifically to be displayed at a certain location. Fukuoka Art Museum explores this
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National › JR East train travels 48 kms with door open
Chiba :: Japan | 1 month ago
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JR East said Friday that a train in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, traveled 48 kilometers with one carriage door open after a cord from a passenger's rucksack became stuck in the mechanism and prevented it from closing. According to NTV, the unusual
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20 BUSIEST Metro stations in the world
Seoul :: South Korea | 1 month ago
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Metro stations in the world Next M illions of people use Metro to commute everyday all across the world, including in India. Let's take a look at some of the busiest Metro stations in the world...Image: A subway passenger watches the arrival of
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11 cracks in Seto Ohashi Bridge still not fixed three years later
Kōbe :: Japan | 1 month ago
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Eleven small cracks in the Seto Ohashi Bridge linking Honshu and Shikoku remain unrepaired since being found by Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co...The highway-railway bridge consisting of seven metal sub bridges linking Kurashiki in Okayama
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