T he government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

JR Hokkaido has also been working to incorporate ideas from outside the company in its use of the discontinued sites. 02:12 In today's program, we take a look at the different initiatives ...

KAMI-SHIHORO, Hokkaido--It is known as the "phantom bridge ... used by the former Japanese National Railways on its Shihoro Line route, but it is rapidly falling down. Even so, it still manages ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is operating a special train again this year on part of its Senmo Line to allow passengers to view the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Travel the Soya Line through the northern part of the island to Wakkanai, Japan's northernmost station. Disused train lines and stations remain along the way. Head to Cape Soya and gaze at Sakhalin.