Bus tour business puts profits first over safety

The background behind a fatal highway bus crash on April 29 is the fierce competition of bus tour businesses triggered by the 2000 deregulation.

Citizens point out excessive power-consuming linear motor Shinkansen plan is ‘outdated'

Residents argued that a plan to construct a linear motor rail system, the Chuo Shinkansen, is behind the times as the system consumes three times more electricity than conventional high speed rail lines.

Gov’t must make sure all nuclear reactors stay offline

Due to shutdown of the number 3 nuclear reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido for regular inspections on May 5, Japan has no nuclear reactors in operation at this moment for the first time in 42 years.