By SHUN NIEKAWA/ Staff Writer
November 16, 2020 at 17:38 JST
Kyushu Railway Co.’s Saitozaki Station in Fukuoka has operated without staff since 2015. A curtain is draped over the window of a ticket wicket booth during weekday commuting hours in October 2016. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Nearly half of all railway stations in Japan are unmanned, an increase of 10 percent over the past two decades or so, leading to a litany of complaints from people with disabilities and others who require assistance, transport ministry data shows. [Read More]
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