Japan will unveil its first-ever double-decker sleeper bus on March 4, travelling between Tokyo and the southern city of Kochi, located on the island of Shikoku. Operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko calls ...

Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a hotel. Bus operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko has unveiled their new double-decker ...

TOKYO -- Japan's first sleeper bus with fully flat seats could soon help budget-conscious travelers cut back on increasingly pricey hotel stays. Kochi Ekimae Kanko recently unveiled its new bus ...

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A man from Indonesia is set to become the first foreign bus driver under Japan's specified skilled worker status of residence, after the road transport sector was added to the qualification category.

Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a hotel. Bus operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko has unveiled their new double ...

Relatives of victims of a fatal bus crash on Wednesday marked the ninth anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 13 passengers and two drivers in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan 15, ...

A Chinese district court is set to sentence a man next week over a knife attack in June last year, in which a Japanese woman and her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked, sources at Japan's ...

But for those keen to visit Japan, the experience just got a whole lot cheaper and easier. That’s because one bus company is launching the country’s first-ever bunk bed sleeper bus ...

That’s significantly higher than the average of ¥6.7 trillion during 2017 and 2020, and underscores the fact that Japan continues to export more to the US than it imports. Those gains for Japan ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping was in turn scheduled to visit Japan in April 2020, although the trip was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, relations deteriorated again in light of ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men were waiting for a bus on the station's north side when ...