which links central Tokyo with the airport and is planned by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East). The need for a new subway line is apparent considering the growth of the affected areas. For example ...

Public transportation can tell you a lot about a city, and the Tokyo subway system — which is primarily made up of the Tokyo Metro and the Toei Lines — was clean, efficient, and easy to ...

Plans are in the works to extend two Tokyo Metro subway lines, out of its network of 13, to relieve congestion in key areas and make it easier for tourists to travel around the capital. The last ...

Tokyo Metro declined to comment ... "That stands out compared to other private and JR railways," said Kazumi Tanaka, an analyst at DZH Financial Research. "In addition to the stability of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This video shows passengers boarding a subway train in Tokyo during rush hour. Despite the train looking overloaded, people keep squeezing in until there is almost ...

Tokyo Metro on Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of a subway derailment accident that killed five passengers and injured 64 others. Tokyo Metro President Akiyoshi Yamamura and others laid ...

subway and bus rides. Commuters in the Tokyo, Sendai and Niigata regions typically rely on two kinds of IC cards: Suica cards sold by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Pasmo cards from ...

Walking around Tokyo can be a bit overwhelming ... If you have a card or the app, you can use it on all subway lines, JR lines, most private railways, buses in Hakone and other day trip areas ...

The Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday to preserve public memory of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

Victims and emergency personnel are seen in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo's Chuo Ward after the subway sarin nerve gas attack on March 20, 1995, in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter.