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 ...

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

This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 years ...

Development of the next-generation Shinkansen is proceeding in earnest. East Japan Railway Company has begun developing trial railway cars that will travel at 360 kilometers per hour, the fastest in ...

Mumbai: In a significant move, Japan is set to send two bullet trains, the E3 and E5 Shinkansen models, to India. These trains will be used for inspection and testing purposes on the ...

Whether you’re a train fan, an all-around travel buff, or a Japanophile in general, it’s always cool to catch a glimpse of the shinkansen. At the station to pick up/drop off passengers or zooming ...

Ukraine is eagerly looking to Japan’s super-safe Shinkansen system to bolster the war-torn nation’s recovery from the devastation of the Russian invasion. This provides a ripe opportunity for Japan to ...

TOKYO - A Japanese rail company has defended a safety exercise that requires employees to sit beside tracks in tunnels as bullet trains speed by at 300km an hour. JR West told AFP it has no plans to ...

East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it lost 2.1 billion yen in revenue in the nine days following the powerful earthquakes that struck Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 23. JR East was forced to suspend ...