Okunoin Cemetery, Japan’s largest and most sacred graveyard on Mount Koya () Nankai Electric Railways will launch its new ...

An often-spouted complaint about public infrastructure projects is how long they take to complete. California High-Speed Rail, a perennial punching bag, is slated to get its initial operating segment ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet, will ...

Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations ...

Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network, to build ...

Japan has built the world’s first 3D-printed railway station in just six hours, replacing an ageing wooden structure. The new train station, resembling a garden shed, was built in rural Arida, south ...

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is shrinking ...

TOKYO -- The prices of Japan's famed train station bentos have risen steeply in recent years on inflationary pressure as well as the trend toward selling value-added products.

A 128-year-old wooden building will be remodeled into a one-guestroom hotel designed for railway buffs, offering them front-row views of trains coming and going at Ichinomoto Station here.

A calico cat named Yontama has officially taken up duties as the third feline “stationmaster” at a Japanese railway station – continuing a quirky tradition that has attracted thousands of tourists and ...

The humble bento is one of Japan's most recognizable culinary landmarks — and one of its most successful exports, known the world over as a delicious, accessible, and portable lunch. But while it's ...

3D-printed architecture continues to go from strength to strength, with all kinds of projects now being created with the burgeoning technology, including a Walmart, housing, and even a data center.