THE world's busiest train route, and one of the busiest air routes, is between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's two biggest metropolitan areas. On that corridor, the shinkansen, as Japan's bullet trains are ...

Many in the United States, especially those who haven't visited, may not have a good working knowledge of Japan. But, the country has a history that dates back centuries and a culture that is rich and ...

Japan and technology are often mentioned in the same breath. Bullet trains, robots, only-in-Japan phones that'll never leave the island, digital pop-idols and so on. Tech legends like Sony, Nintendo, ...

JAPAN -- CEATEC is Japan’s largest electronics trade show. It’s held each year just outside Tokyo and is usually full of all of the interesting, odd sorts of gadgets you’d expect from Japan. This year ...

European beef producers could generate solid profits by exporting offal and prime beef to Japan and this makes the prospect of striking a trade deal with the nation a good idea. That’s according to ...

Japan on Nov. 6, 2019 launched a submarine with a new kind of battery that could allow the boats to sail farther while underwater. Kawasaki Heavy Industries eased the Soryu-class diesel-electric ...

Through the last six years of rumbling global financial crisis, Japan has been an afterthought. In 2008, the world’s second-largest (soon to be third-largest) economy was still dealing with the ...