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Picture this: a train pulls into the station at 9:47 AM, not 9:46 or 9:48, but exactly on the dot. Passengers board with calm efficiency, no one rushes or shoves, and within minutes the train glides ...

A recently introduced Shinkansen high-speed train is set to add several exclusive private cabins over the next few months.

A new tourist train is set to launch in Japan connecting visitors to the sacred Buddhist temple settlement of Koyasan. Nankai Electric Railways will launch its new tourist train, Gran Tenku, on Friday ...

Toward Honshu’s southern tip, Japan’s largest island narrows, yet the landscape remains as dramatic as ever. Down here, the Setouchi region is a tapestry of hazy hills, palm-lined coast, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Okunoin Cemetery, Japan’s largest and most sacred graveyard on Mount Koya (Getty Images) Nankai Electric Railways will launch its ...