TOKYO -- Women-only washrooms will soon be installed on shinkansen bullet trains running in west and central Japan to meet passenger needs, two operators announced on Dec. 13. The changes will ...

an increasing number of women are sharing on social media their experiences of dealing with "chikan" (gropers or groping) on trains. Many have also turned to smartphone apps to help them.

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms by next spring. The company said Dec. 13 that about half of the ...

Women-only carriages have been trialled in several countries, including Mexico, Japan and India and it is ... Not well, according to the rail workers' union the RMT. Scotland organiser Mick ...

Women-only train carriages could combat the rise in sexual ... only carriages - which have been tested in countries including Japan, Brazil and Mexico - could create a "safe space".

Central Japan Railway Co (JR Tokai) said it will start replacing almost half of the shared toilets with women-only toilets on shinkansen trains this month, with work to be completed by March 15. JR ...

Which is why it comes as pretty upsetting news that one Japanese rail company, Tokyo Corporation, has released a video dissuading women from doing their make-up on public transport. “Women in ...

In September last year, rail minister, Claire Perry, proposed gender segregation on public transport, and counties including Japan, Brazil and India have all adopted women-only modes of transport.