Woman, baby daughter hit by train in apparent murder-suicide

Woman, baby daughter hit by train in apparent murder-suicide

Osaka – A 28-year-old woman and her baby daughter died Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide when they were hit by an express train in Osaka Prefecture, police said. The woman carrying the baby walked onto a crossing as the Thunderbird limited express train bound for Osaka was approaching in the town of Shimamoto at around … Read more

Japan sees heavy traffic for first New Year since COVID downgrade

Japan sees heavy traffic for first New Year since COVID downgrade

Travelers flooded airports and major train stations in Japan on Friday to head to their hometowns in the first New Year holiday season since the government downgraded the legal status of COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal flu. To ease overcrowding, Central Japan Railway and West Japan Railway have made many of their shinkansen … Read more