Sweden Legalizes Child Marriages For Immigrants https://dailyeb.com/2017/10/21/sweden-legalizes-child-marriages-for-immigrants/It's a rare example which shows the phrase "When you are in Roma, do as the Romans do." doesn't work. I guess it…

Utsunomiya light rail line breaks ground http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/asia-pacific-ex-china/single-view/view/utsunomiya-light-rail-line-breaks-ground.htmlThose who has been protesting against construction of this light r…

Test running begins on European Marmaray alignment http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/test-running-begins-on-european-marmaray-alignment.htmlI wonder if long distance trains will run through the trans-Bosporus railway tunn…

The station will be an intermediate station on Sotetsu-JR through Line and Sotetsu-Tokyu through Line. The former line is estimated to inaugurate in 2019, the latter is in 2022.So, the station is being constructed. I visited the constructi…

Fascinating photos offer a rare look at Japan's past edition.cnn.comThe word "exotic" seems to be interesting. In the United States, it is used for Oriental things including Japanese style like the word referred to in the article. On the o…

edition.cnn.comBecause of conflicts between North and South lasts more than half a century, many people are still skeptical about peace treaty between them. It's also for President Trump. He has experienced so many kinds of difficult negot…

http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/nanj/nanjing.htmAfter opening these sections, Lukou International Airport became the intermediate station. When we consider that recent airports in East Asia are built in suburbs located more than 30km from i…

www.railwaygazette.comMore and more diesel locomotives will be replaced with newly manufactured DMU. I've already known that brandnew EMU are gradually installed outskirt of Kuala Lumpur. But, it's the first time for me to know that simila…

Fast Forward plan seeks to renew the New York Subway http://www.metro-report.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/fast-forward-plan-seeks-to-renew-the-new-york-subway.htmlNew York Subway was once famous for an unsafe metro system. But,…

In Budapest, a railway run by children https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/gyermekvasut-budapest-railway/index.htmlThe biggest question I have about the article is why children can work legally. In most countries, children are forbidden…

Identifying‘navigational hazards’ on metro maps http://www.metro-report.com/news/metro/single-view/view/identifying-navigational-hazards-on-metro-maps.htmlThe more complex rail network becomes, the more difficult it would be to find the sh…

Tobu 1800 series train is the train owned by Tobu Railway, one of the major private railways in Japan. The trains were manufactured for Express "Ryomo" from 1969 to 1987. But, they has become obsolete more than 30 years since its debut . E…

Amalia Ulman's Instagram performance exposed the flaws in selfie culture https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/amalia-ulman-instagram-excellences-perfections/index.htmlThough SNS like Instagram urges users to behave as if they were affluen…

edition.cnn.comBasically, if you remember "tap water is not drinkable without boiling", you won't get sick caused by water contamination. In addition to it, it's scientifically shown that pool water is more polluted than water in toilet. S…

Kintetsu struggles on Free Gauge Train www.asahi.com(Translation starts) Kintetsu, One of the major private railways in Japan, unveiled their plan to research on Free Gauge Train, which can runs through different gauge tracks. According to…

edition.cnn.comIt won't be better for Moon Jae-in to hurl bottles in which intimidating messages against Kim Jong-Un regime is written. But, it won't be an issue to hurl ones filled with rice, seeds, or any other kind of commodities used i…

Morocco's megawatt solar plant powers up https://edition-m.cnn.com/2016/02/08/africa/ouarzazate-morocco-solar-plant/index.htmlOne of the problems with building solar plants on desert is that solar panels won't be able to generate enough el…

MTR to bring rail and property development model to Europe http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/europe/single-view/view/mtr-to-bring-rail-and-property-development-model-to-europe.htmlHong Kong's MTR is not the first railway comp…

The world's most extreme airports https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/most-extreme-airports-world/index.htmlI wanted the auther to write easternmost airport and westernmost airport. You might say "What's the definition of easternmost an…

edition.cnn.comAs we know, some militarized groups in Iraq has tried to oust conventional government many times. They think that it's the best way to make this world better, because of lack of democracy concept. It will be caused by lack o…

South Xinjiang loop line approved http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/south-xinjiang-loop-line-approved.htmlBy completion of this rail, it will be possible to move between Xinjiang and Tibet directly. Though it's been diffi…

edition.cnn.comIt will be true that travellers emit much more carcon while traveling with the expansion of global tourism. But, some of the assumptions are dubious. For example, the quote "It has been suggested that people consume more pro…

Paris museum opens its doors to nudists https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/paris-nudist-museum-day/index.htmlI wonder why Westerners can take off clothes in front of opposite sex without hesitation. Especially for young men, it will be…

People have tried to stop lava from flowing. This is why they failed https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/05/08/us/hawaii-roads-volcano-lava/index.htmlIf we predict how much heat energy is generated during eruption, it's possible to prepare for …

London Liverpool street lighting upgrade http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/technology/single-view/view/london-liverpool-street-lighting-upgrade.htmlTo contribute to environment, it's one of the easy ways for railway companies to replace o…

edition.cnn.comHong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge seems to be one of the strategies to make cities along Pearl River one metropolitan city. It means it's birth of the world's most populated metropolitan area. Surely, it will be possible to visi…

Hong Kong's best dim sum: How to yum cha like a Cantonese https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/best-hong-kong-dim-sum/index.htmlThe last sentence reminds me of how to tell a waiter it's time to pay in English. I've said "Check!" overseas…

Second airport rail link opens in Kuala Lumpur http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/asia-pacific-ex-china/single-view/view/second-airport-rail-link-opens-in-kuala-lumpur.htmlAfter Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, and Bangk…

Casino giants itching to place bets on Japan https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Trends/Casino-giants-itching-to-place-bets-on-Japan?utm_source=paid.outbrain.com&utm_campaign=BA%20JPN&utm_medium=referralJapan's biggest actual casino …

Riding the world's most luxurious train with the visionary designer who built it https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/cruise-train-seven-stars-japan/index.htmlThe designer said "I got inspiration from Orient Express." and "Japanese have t…