Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan will introduce on April 1, 2026, the "blue ticket" fine system under which bicycle riders pay fines for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment, the ...

Japan will implement a revised road traffic law from April next year that will see fines imposed for relatively minor traffic violations such as using a mobile phone while riding a bicycle or ignoring ...

A significant number of older adults in Japan use bicycles as a means of transportation compared with their counterparts in ...

Subaru equips its new 2025 Forester in Japan with a unique external airbag designed to protect cyclists in a collision.

Police in Yokohama have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of property damage after he slammed his bicycle into a parked car, damaging it, and then assaulted a passerby. The incident occurred at ...

A Japanese government-affiliated body has warned consumers about bicycle helmets sold on major domestic online platforms claiming to meet European Union safety standards, saying some are not compliant ...

This photo taken in Tokyo on March 26, 2025, shows a helmet without shock-absorbing material. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese government-affiliated body has warned consumers about bicycle ...

Two junior high school students from Japan on March 29 completed a roughly 1,000-kilometer cycling journey around Taiwan over 13 ...

High-profile scandals involving baseball stars and comedians have exposed a ‘shocking’ lack of public awareness about the law ...

By bicycle: When the weather is nice, do as many Tokyoites do ... LGBTQ+: Shinjuku Ni-chome, near Shinjuku Station, is the ...

Hundreds of local governments across Japan have fully introduced or conducted trial runs on bicycle sharing services, and the number could soon double. Improved convenience is the main reason it ...