the government adopted a pooling system of highway tolls under the idea of considering the expressway network across Japan as one service. The tolls were raised repeatedly, and some road sections ...

Japan's borders are once again open to international tourists, and the numbers are rebounding -- more than 3.8 million people have made the trip in just a few months. At the same time, the pre ...

Forced to play all games on the road, the BayStars swept the Hanshin Tigers and then upended the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. In the Japan Series against Pacific League champion ...

Ideas, technology, culture and goods flowed from this port along the Nagasaki Kaido to the rest of Japan. Named the "Sugar Road" after one of the most important trade goods, the old highway and ...

A rotary snowplow is seen being used to fully clear a stretch of road to reveal a "snow corridor" in the north Japan city of Aomori on March 12, 2025. (Mainichi/Shintaro Matsumoto) AOMORI -- Snow ...

The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of road traffic flow on the local ambient concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), and fine ...