The Japanese architecture studio and manufacturer behind this 3D-printed train station show how to build both beautifully and ...

In a global first, Japan’s JR West has constructed a fully functional train station using 3D printing technology — completing the project in under six hours. Built in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, the ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote ...

When the hustle, bustle, and other non-rhyming but still fatiguing aspects of big city life start to be too much for your tastes, one of the best ways to relieve yourself of urban stress in Japan is ...

In a groundbreaking feat, workers in rural Japan constructed a new train station in just six hours. The Hatsushima station replaces an older structure. 3D-printed components were assembled swiftly.

Answer: the clock. Not the polite little wall clock above my desk, but the national one that seems permanently stuck on ...

West Japan Railway Company (JR West ... during the window between the last train at night and the first train the following morning. The process involved shaping mortar with a 3D printer and ...

West Japan Railway Company has built the world’s first 3D-printed train station in Arida ... months while the trains are not running every night,” explained Kunihiro Handa, co-founder of ...

The Japan Association for the 2025 ... it began from staff members arriving for night shifts. Tannaka acknowledged that quicker updates on the train situation could have helped ease congestion ...

including surviving family members and West Japan Railway Co. officials, offered prayers during a ceremony on April 25 at a memorial facility built on the accident site. A speeding train derailed ...