TOKYO — It may soon become more expensive to ride one of Japan’s famously crowded trains thanks to measures recently approved by lawmakers to combat the side effects of “over-tourism.” Visitors have ...

July 31 (UPI) --A Tokyo district court on Monday sentenced the man behind the 2021 "Joker" stabbing on a crowded train during Halloween to 23 years in prison. Prosecutors sought a 25-year prison ...

After decades without a significant increase, the price of the passes is jumping by as much as 76 percent. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still a good value, if you know how to use them. By Allan ...

A local train bound for Tokyo's Shibuya collided with an out-of-service train on Sunday night, causing the latter to ...