A calico cat named Yontama has officially taken up duties as the third feline “stationmaster” at a Japanese railway station – ...

The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and express trains in Japan during the 10-day year-end and New Year ...

The Kishigawa Line drew attention after it named cat Tama its first feline stationmaster in 2007. Read more at ...

A calico cat named Yontama was been appointed as the third cat stationmaster of a Japanese railway station on Wednesday (Jan ...

Rail fares in Japan will rise in the coming months as operators say they need to cover higher labor and upgrading costs.

Yontama is the third cat to become stationmaster on the Kishigawa Line in Wakayama prefecture after the death of her ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

A calico cat named Yontama was appointed Wednesday the third feline stationmaster of a local Japanese railway station, continuing an almost two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped ...