It’s no secret that Japan has one of the most efficient train systems in the world. With bullet trains from Hokkaido to ...

Asia's oldest subway goes public 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 ...

and Tokyo, the Yamanote has become essential to the life of Tokyoites. The current line is 34.5 kilometers long, with trains riding clockwise on the outer rail and counter-clockwise on the inner one.