Last year, Japan made headlines for its plans to build an autonomous, self-sorting cargo highway. Now, the idea is starting to take shape, as reports by New Atlas revealed a clearer picture of the ...

Beneath my feet, the dark stone slabs of the Nakasendo road are worn and mossy. Travellers have trod this path for over 400 years, a thought that gives me goosebumps - or perhaps that’s just the ...

You may not have heard of it before, but there is an incredible motorway in Asia that is also nicknamed the "gateway to Asia" ...

Japan's pre-modern network of highways, the Kaido, is now largely forgotten. In the first of a new series, we explore the Old Hokuriku Kaido between Fukui and Niigata Prefectures, discovering ...

A new national safety assessment has shown that an additional 1.5 trillion yen ($11.54 billion) is needed to repair Japan’s aging expressways. Anticipating the cost to rise further in the future ...

The infrastructure ministry plans to continue collecting expressway tolls for an additional 50 years to 2115 to secure sufficient funds to manage and repair aging routes. The ministry is expected ...

The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day. The closures are ...