still rattles along the streets of this iconic city in western Japan. Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.’s Type 650 tram was near Chuden-mae station when the bomb detonated on Aug. 6, 1945.

Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said Monday. The number of ...

The tram departed Hiroshima Electric Railway Co ... for a shortage of drivers and conductors since most of the men in Japan at the time were called up for military service.

He said electric trams and feeder buses will not only offer ... international donor such as the Asian Development Bank or the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for THE light train ...