Luna Azul can take you from Tokyo to Akita or Aomori while you snooze. The Shinkansen is usually the fastest way to get from Point A to Point B when traveling within Japan. Since the stations tend to be centrally located and there aren’t any time-consuming security checks to go through, the Shinkansen can get […]

The apology may have taken longer than the delay. Enough has been said about the extreme punctuality of trains in Japan that it’s become as famous a cultural feature as sushi or decorative manhole lids. It’s so much a part of life here that people rely on its precise, to-the-minute accuracy, and even a slight […]

TOKYO — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, as authorities urged residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 ft) were expected. The tremor had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean and was 10 km deep, according to the Japan […]

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Un episodio invernal excepcional golpea amplias zonas de Japón, con nevadas récord que ya provocaron al menos treinta y cinco muertes y una situación de emergencia en regiones montañosas. La acumulación extrema de nieve activó alertas por avalanchas y generó severas alteraciones en la vida cotidiana.

Una secuencia de nevadas extremas han aportado hasta 2 metros de nieve en el norte de Japón.…