OSAKA -- The press got a two-day advance look at the new facial recognition ticket gate and the world's first shifting platform doors at West Japan Railway Co. (JR West)'s Osaka Station on March 16.

Tokyo —What's being billed as "the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka. Actually a new wing of the existing Osaka Station, eight minutes away via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Osaka Station is a perfect location as a base for sightseeing around Osaka, shopping and heading to Kyoto and Nara. Osaka Station ...

OSAKA -- Train passengers will soon be able to pass through gates at two West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) stations here using just their faces, the firm has announced. JR West will be installing ...

This article is written by the operator of the smoking area map 'Motto Suitai'.Nagoya Station, Shin-Osaka Station, and Hakata Station are all stations where Shinkansen, conventional lines, and subways ...

OSAKA, Japan >> A huge artwork draws visitors to JR Osaka Station, on the walk northward from the ticket gate to the west exit. The Fountain Boy, a black concrete sphere about 9 feet in diameter and ...

As of the beginning of October 2019, the operators of the Hankyū and Hanshin railways that link up the Kansai area will rename Umeda Station “Osaka-Umeda Station.” As any local knows, Umeda is the ...