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Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train users up 5% on year over Golden Week holidays
The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the country's Golden Week ...
JR Central's Relatively Strong Returns to Be Diluted by Chuo Shinkansen
JR Central's financial health is sound. Credit metrics deteriorated sharply during the pandemic but have improved as earnings recovered and because of a very conservative dividend payout ratio. Net ...
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Bullet train users up 5% on year over Golden Week holidays
The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the country's Golden Week holidays was up 5 percent from a year earlier amid booming inbound tourism, the ...
Japanese manga icons like Sailor Moon teach train etiquette to foreign tourists
The campaign follows a survey indicating that over 60 per cent of Japanese train users have been ‘annoyed’ by the behaviour ...
The Japan Times4d
JR express train passengers during Golden Week up 3%
The result is believed to reflect the impact of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, as well as demand from ...
Spring holiday return traffic peaks in Japan
Bullet trains and planes were packed on Tuesday with people heading home on the final day of Japan's spring holiday period.