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East Japan Railway Co (JR East) on Monday launched onboard "office cars" on certain shinkansen (bullet trains) on lines connecting Tokyo and the country's northern and central parts to meet growing demand for a new work style amid the coronavirus pandemic. For no additional charge and only on weekdays,...
Crescent moon over the water a salmon leapt--Keith Evetts (Thames Ditton, England)
Wheat field and white sky finishing each other’s sentences
As the temperatures begin to cool, and the nights grow longer, the last of cicadas singing their songs in solitude can only signify the beginning of autumn. But the end of summer doesn’t mean we have nothing to celebrate, in fact, autumn itself is one of the best times of…
If the Arakawa river in eastern Tokyo tops its banks in a flood, no less than 11 major lines of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) would wind up under water in a disaster, according to an estimate by the company.