Around 24 percent of Japan's traffic lights in fiscal 2023 were recognized as being past their replacement date, the National Police ...

Aging traffic lights pose a quandary to police across Japan, with many thousands needing to be replaced or repaired, and some even posing a public safety threat. Currently, there are about 210,000 ...

An iron column traffic light in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, has proved to be no match for the potty habits of neighborhood pets. Years of damage from dog urine caused the structure to collapse ...

(Before we answer that, here's why our own traffic light colors are red, yellow, and green.) That’s when you see things like this. Drive around Japan long enough and you’ll probably run into o ...

Japanese police say the number of traffic ... broke rules for crossing roads in 16.9 percent and ignored traffic lights in 3.2 percent. The police also examined cases of elementary, junior high ...

Around 24 percent of Japan's traffic lights in fiscal 2023 were recognized as being past their replacement date, the National Police Agency said Wednesday, raising fears of serious accidents from ...