Navigating the Tokyo railway and train network can be daunting at first. With careful planning and research, the railway system is the most convenient mode of transportation during your time in Japan.

Tokyo (AFP) – Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro's nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving the Japanese megacity and its sprawling suburbs. Tokyo Metro ...

With 882 stations on 14 lines, Tokyo's amazing subway system is one of the largest – and busiest – in all the world. The system map is a twisted mass of squiggles that resembles a Jackson Pollock ...

To decongest the most crowded subway line during rush hour, Tokyo Metro offers free meals of tempura and soba to early commuters TOKYO, Japan – One of Tokyo’s most crowded subway lines is hoping the ...

FILE - Subway passengers affected by sarin nerve gas in the central Tokyo subway trains are carried into St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo on March 20, 1995. (AP Photo/Chiaki Tsukumo, File) ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo's subway network will be extended eastward and southward to improve access to the city's main international gateway, as well as to tourist attractions, Nikkei has learned. Tokyo Metro, ...

Plans are in the works to extend two Tokyo Metro subway lines, out of its network of 13, to relieve congestion in key areas and make it easier for tourists to travel around the capital. The last time ...

The Tokyo Metro’s Ginza Line, as you can probably guess from its name, has a stop in the city’s upscale Ginza district. It also has stations in fashionable Omotesando, right by the boutiques and ...

When you look for iconic images of public transportation in Tokyo, this is the first one that comes to mind: During rush hour, people on a subway platform are pushed into far too full carriages by men ...

As Japan commemorates the anniversary of cult Aum Shinrikyo's Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system on March 20, 1995, look back at the tragic event that claimed the lives of 13 and injured more ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Thirty years on from the fatal ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones are still seeking justice. Thirteen people were killed and ...