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Yo, One Piece fans! The pirate vibes are real—this themed Shinkansen drops in Spring 2025. Cruise Western Japan like a Straw ...

As an island nation stretching from north to south, Japan offers an extraordinary canvas of natural beauty enriched by its four distinct seasons. While breathtaking landscapes can be found throughout ...

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The operators of Nozomi bullet train services connecting Tokyo and Hakata in southwestern Japan are considering reducing the number of nonreserved seats from next spring, sources close to the matter ...

Sixty years after the world's first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along ...

Yoshikazu Okubo killed the patient at the request of the victim in 2019, causing her death by acute drug poisoning.