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Crime
Train company to deploy Japan’s first ‘blade-proof’ umbrellas against knife attacks
A Japanese train company is gearing up to deploy “blade-proof” umbrellas in response to a knife attack that occurred on one of its trains la...
Bryan Ke
74-year-old woman dies after being shoved in front of San Francisco train
Corazon Dandan died after being pushed into an oncoming BART train at San Francisco’s Powell Street Station at around 11 p.m on Monday night...
Michelle De Pacina
Canada
Man filmed hurling racist insults at Asian passengers on Toronto train
In a recent video uploaded by an anonymous Toronto resident, a white man was captured hurling racist insults at another passenger on the Tor...
North Korea
‘Moving Fortress’: Inside Kim Jong-un’s luxurious, bulletproof train to meet Putin
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia for a meeting with Vladimir Putin using a luxurious, heavily armored, slow-moving train p...
Japan
Australian travel vlogger slammed for going inside ‘women-only’ train carriage in Japan
An Australian travel vlogger is now in hot water after filming himself going inside a “women-only” train carriage in Japan and calling himse...
Asian woman sues Los Angeles Metro for failing to help her during attack
An Asian woman who fell victim to what she believes was an attack against her race during a ride in Los Angeles’ Metro in May is now suing t...
Carl Samson
Career criminal accused of stabbing Asian passenger nearly 20 times in Seattle train attack
A man with convictions dating back to 2002 is facing new charges after allegedly stabbing a Seattle light rail passenger last month. What ha...
16-year-old girl charged with assault for viral attack on Asian family riding NYC subway
The 16-year-old girl caught on camera pummeling an Asian mother from Nevada as she was riding a Manhattan train with her family last week ha...
This futuristic translation device is now helping foreigners navigate Tokyo’s metro
A Japanese railway company has begun testing an automated translation display that would help non-Japanese speaking commuters navigate Tokyo...
‘Joker’ suspect who set fire on Tokyo train sentenced to 23 years in prison
The Japanese man accused of attacking passengers and setting a Tokyo train carriage on fire while dressed as the fictional supervillain Joke...
China
Watch: Chinese auntie brings rice cooker on high-speed rail train to serve fresh meal
A Chinese auntie recently went viral on TikTok after she was filmed scooping freshly cooked rice out of a rice cooker she brought on a high-...
‘Joker’ suspect accused of setting fire on Tokyo train denies attempted murder by arson
A Japanese man accused of attacking passengers and setting their train carriage on fire while dressed as the Joker in 2021 denied parts of h...
Video: Man eats 3-course meal with rice while riding Chinese subway
A man who was filmed eating a three-course meal while riding a busy train has sparked several discussions on Chinese social media. About the...
India
Death toll for India’s worst train crash in decades rises to at least 275
Hundreds of people were reportedly killed after three trains crashed into each other in India last week, making the incident one of the wors...
‘Pikachu-chu’: Pikachu-themed train in Japan goes viral
A bright yellow Pikachu-themed train has gone viral on Instagram. On May 15, travel vlogger Billy Biehl (@billybiehl) uploaded a short video...
Iris Jung
‘My dignity was stripped away’: Woman attacked by 2 separate suspects in California train
A 53-year-old Asian woman in California is now living in fear after falling victim to what she believes were attacks against her race by two...
Issues & Racism
Korean American man calls out livestreamer for harassing people in Tokyo about WWII
A Korean American man from Texas confronted an American livestreamer filming himself harassing train passengers in Tokyo. Videos of the inci...
Social Media
Viral video of Italian students mocking Asian family on Milan train prompts university statements
Three universities in Italy have released statements in response to a group of Italian students who were captured in a viral video mocking a...
Chinese railway system launches trains with carriages devoted to studying
A railway system in southwest China has just launched several trains equipped with chairs and desks so that students of all ages can study a...
Singapore
‘Just stare back’: Woman applies full face of makeup while on moving train in viral TikTok
A Singaporean woman has gone viral for applying a full face of makeup while on a moving train. On Sunday, TikTok user @unbiden posted the v...
Editorial Staff
News
Tourist dies while taking a selfie on Thailand’s ‘death railway’
An Irish tourist who was born in New Zealand died while trying to take a selfie on Thailand’s “death railway.” Patrick Ward, 45, fell to his...
Woman videoed going on racist rant on train in Australia
A woman was filmed going on a racist tirade against Asian commuters on a Sydney light rail, demanding that they get off. The incident repo...
Tokyo train operator asks commuters not to wear scary costumes on Halloween weekend
Keio Corporation, one of Tokyo’s main train operators, recently asked the city’s residents to avoid commuting in scary costumes this weeken...
Video of man verbally abusing couple on New York City subway for wearing masks goes viral
In a viral video, a man can be seen verbally abusing a couple for wearing masks on a New York City subway. “It’s not a free country if you...
Chicago police release details of suspects in violent robbery of elderly Asian man on Red Line train
Chicago police are looking for a man and a woman in connection with a Red Line train robbery that left an elderly Asian man bleeding profus...
Environmental
Sightseeing train in Japan is fueled by used cooking oil, discarded ramen soup lard
Takachiho Amaterasu Railway, a train company operating in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, started using biodiesel fuel created from used tempur...
Viral
Senior sends $334 to Taiwan train station to make up for fares they evaded 60 years ago
An anonymous septuagenarian sent 10,000 New Taiwan dollars (approximately $334) and a letter to Taiwan’s Gangshan train station to make up ...
Rebecca Moon
Man goes on ’10-minute racist tirade’ after hearing two men speaking Korean on an Auckland train
Leonard Hong and his friend from Korea were speaking Korean on the Western train line to Swanson when an “old white guy” set off on a racis...
Deceased train driver in Japan awarded 45 cents after his pay was deducted for 1-minute delay in 2020
A court in Japan ordered the West Japan Railway Co. on Tuesday to pay 45 cents to a train driver who died earlier this year. The company d...
‘Because I’m God’: Man who shoved Asian woman to her death on NYC subway has decades-long rap sheet
Simon Martial, 61, allegedly shoved Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, in front of an oncoming subway train in New York City on Saturday. A second wo...
Videos
Asian passenger on Toronto train is bombarded with racist slurs, spit at by female rider
A video of a woman unleashing a racist tirade against and spitting on an Asian public transit rider in Toronto has gained attention after b...
Sarah Yukiko
Japanese train driver sues employer over 49 cents docked from his wages for 2-minute delay
A Japanese train driver took his employer, West Japan Railway Company (JR West), to court after it docked 56 yen (49 cents) from his July pa...
Man dressed as Joker injures 17 in Tokyo train knife and fire attack on Halloween
A Japanese man dressed in a Joker costume was arrested for injuring 17 people during a knife and fire attack at a Tokyo train station on Hal...
New York
Man Beats Asian Woman With a Cane as She Gets Off NYC Subway Train
New York police are searching for a man accused of beating an Asian woman with a cane at a subway station in Manhattan last month. What happ...
Commuters, Subway Operator Save Asian Man Thrown Onto Train Tracks in Queens
Commuters and a quick-thinking subway operator saved an Asian man from certain death after he was thrown onto train tracks in Queens in New ...
Ryan General
Toronto Man Charged For Three Alleged Hate Crimes at Subway Stations
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with several hate-motivated assaults on Asian victims at subway stations in Ca...
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