In the sea of male sushi chefs throughout the culinary industry, chef Nikki Zheng is a fresh face. She’s one of the chefs ...

Japan’s progress toward ... Many companies are keen to hire female lawyers and scholars from the outside. But what they need to do is train more women among their own employees to serve as ...

New trains as well as new routes, amenities and special events are rolling out, enticing travelers to sit back, Champagne in ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a record-breaking feat to build the world’s first 3D-printed train station.

On a brisk winter day, high-school freshman Rin Saito’s cleats crunch the snow as she rubs the leather of the ball against ...

Japan offers travelers a truly unique luxury sleeper train experience, but be warned, the price is commensurate with the ...

Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...

Living alongside a close-knit group of other female service members aboard the JS Osumi, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship deployed for exercises in the East China Sea ...

Akiko has never had to deflect unwarranted questions or politely decline requests to go drinking with a recruiter from a company that she is applying to join – but she knows young Japanese women ...

A window crack on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka forced a temporary slowdown, the operator said late Saturday. A steel plate on communications equipment in a tunnel in central ...

A High-Speed Revolution With British Design Japan has introduced the groundbreaking E10 Shinkansen, a high-speed bullet train capable of reaching 200mph (320kph) while boasting cutting-edge earthquake ...

More women are making their way into the transportation industry – and that’s worth celebrating. During Women’s History Month, we introduce Sandra Romero and Glenda Murrell, two train operators from ...