Hokkaido is a popular tourist area not only for Japanese but also for foreign visitors as well. Hokkaido’s area accounts for roughly 22% of Japan, and has many sightseeing spots such as Sapporo, Otaru ...

SAPPORO -- Financially ailing Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) will operate a luxury train owned by Tokyo-based railway operator Tokyu Corp. next year in a bid to spark demand for tourism and boost ...

TOKYO -- Hokkaido Railway, the in-the-red laggard of the Japan Railway group, plans to turn around its finances by tapping a familiar source for its next chairman: sister company East Japan Railway.

SAPPORO -- Tokyo-based private railway firm Tokyu Corp. is teaming up with Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) to operate a luxury sightseeing train in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido as early ...

NAKAGAWA, HOKKAIDO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Local governments of towns along the nation's northernmost railway are hoping to keep the line in business by introducing "cycle trains" on ...

SAPPORO--A sightseeing train painted lavender will begin its purple reign on routes across the northernmost main island of Hokkaido in May, its operator said. Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) showed ...

TOKYO -- The operator of a train that derailed and caught fire in northern Japan came under criticism Saturday for acting too slowly to evacuate the passengers. The express train was traveling toward ...

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said Wednesday that Hokkaido Railway Co (JR Hokkaido) is to be subjected to a series of supplementary inspections after the company admitted ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido--More than 3,000 passengers were stranded at Shin-Chitose Airport here through the early morning hours on Feb. 24 as heavy snowfall brought the region’s train services to a grinding ...

On the night of May 27, 2011, the limited express Super Ozora No. 14 derailed and all of its six cars caught fire inside a tunnel on the Sekisho Line of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido). A crew of ...