On a train or a bus, an elderly person is loudly scolding another, usually younger, passenger sitting on a courtesy seat reserved for the elderly, expectant mothers and people with disabilities.

"So when I see people just sitting waiting for the bus, I feel a lot of pride in that because I know that is something art allows to happen," she said. Three more benches have been built ...

Forty-seven people, mostly foreign nationals, were injured Saturday after one tour bus rear-ended another while the two vehicles were traveling together on an expressway in western Tokyo, police said.