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 ...

IF you’re sick of waiting on busy railway station platforms, then you might want to head to one of the world’s quietest. Seiryu Miharashi Station in Japan is often called the ...

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's Seiryu Miharashi Station, a unique railway stop in Iwakuni, offers breathtaking views of the Nishiki River and its ...

Workers in rural Japan built a new train station in just six hours between the last train of the night and the first one the next morning. The new structure replaced a 75-year-old wooden station ...

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.

MITOYO, Japan >> In striking illusion, a local train seems to run across the open ocean less than a minute after departing from a station in Tadotsu, Kagawa prefecture.

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...