In 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen, a high-speed train that seemed impossible at the time. This episode covers how ...

Much like an airliner's de-icing protocols, the water jets hosing down bullet trains are intended to promote safety in snowy ...

Newer stations on Shinkansen lines across Japan are speeding to the head of the line in popularity among passengers for a variety of reasons, according to a recent survey. Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa ...

Some Shinkansen are carrying perishable freight along with passengers, as railway operators and food producers alike expand the use of high-speed trains for urgent goods. Cargoes of live seafood, ripe ...

JALCARGO, JR East launch JAL de Hako-byun service combining Shinkansen rail and air cargo networks to accelerate regional ...

The Shinkansen, or “bullet train,” is a Japanese icon. The first route was the Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka, completed ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and named after the highway that ...

Japan's bullet trains are a travel highlight all their own. But knowing the cultural etiquette and luggage rules for them can ...

In the more than 60 years since the Tōkaidō Shinkansen began running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s high-speed train service has expanded into a broad network of routes that stretches across the ...

East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Tuesday that it will resume from Friday operating coupled trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, which have been suspended since last week. JR East suspended the ...

If you’re travelling in Japan by bullet train for business purposes and want to get some work done along the way, many people opt for the Green Car option, a premium carriage with reserved seating ...

At 5:59 a.m. on Oct. 1, 1964, the signals rang on platform 9 in Tokyo station to announce the departure of "Hikari No. 1," the first scheduled train on the Tokaido Shinkansen. In the early light of ...

TIER IV, the pioneering force behind open-source software for autonomous driving, is excited to announce its capital and business alliance with Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Through this ...