OKAYAMA—Monorails are a common sight in the Setouchi region, hauling tangerines up and down orchard-covered slopes, but these contraptions may soon be put to work on Earth’s mightiest mountain ...

The settlement, situated at an elevation of 500-some meters, has no train station—but it does have monorails. The monorail station offers a 15-minute journey along 384 meters of track to the ...

Monorails, which make use of the space above public land, are gaining attention as safe and economically efficient modes of transportation. Explore Japan's world-class monorails. In 1821 ...