The bill, which would have ensured that every train had a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.

Authorities in Taiwan have said that at least five people have been injured and three killed in smoke grenade and knife ...

LEGO creations of famous world landmarks and icons have landed in Manila, built from colorful bricks for Filipinos to admire ...

Sometimes, promises can be a burden. That is how I felt when I (out of love and desire to please) promised my daughter a trip after her graduation with a ...

After spending a week traveling around Japan and Tokyo for the first time as an American, I have regrets about how I planned ...

Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.

Japan’s railway technology – long admired for its safety, precision, and reliability – has steadily expanded its global ...

Police are on the hunt for a masked suspect accused of stabbing a man at the Union Square subway station on Wednesday, according to authorities. The 45-year-old victim ...

Monday marks the first morning that the F and M subway train lines are swapping routes. The train lines will trade routes ...

New York operates one of the biggest and busiest subway systems in the world. A silvery subway train on elevated train tracks in front of the New York City skyline at dusk. It moves more people, has ...

The M.T.A.’s new “Love Letter to the Subway” tells all about the underground system beloved—and hated—by New Yorkers.