Japan has over 25,000 km of rail, yet more lines keep shutting down. This story explains the economics behind rural rail, ...

Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations ...

Near Akaji Station in the rural town of Kotake, Fukuoka Prefecture, Naomasa Ito swings a pickax into the railway bed of the Heisei Chikuho Railway. After removing the ballast, he deftly replaces an ...