The shinkansen has been mostly stuck in Japan as competitors from Europe and China sell their own high-speed trains in an ...

China has revealed a prototype of its next generation high-speed train, a vehicle it says is on track to be the world’s ...

Two tickets for one ride? It might sound odd, but the way bullet trains in Japan work can be confusing to some tourists. Here ...

A Shinkansen bullet train that was stranded for 12 hours from Sunday night in Akita Prefecture due to a power failure is up ...

Akita Shinkansen bullet train services in the north of Japan's main island Honshu resumed Monday morning after they were ...

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ago got a sense of deja vu when seeing off a departing Nozomi No. 1 Shinkansen on Oct. 1. In a similar ceremony as held then ...

“While planning my trip, I came across a post on WeChat advertising Shinkansen tickets at a 30-percent discount,” a Chinese man told police after purchasing a resold ticket. He said he ...

Semiconductors, bears and trains were just some of the major news topics in Hokkaido this past year, and are expected to ...

TOKYO, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A power outage left 260 passengers on board a Shinkansen bullet train stranded for about four hours overnight in northern Japan, local media reported Monday. The train, ...

Most special of all, you can also see bullet trains on the Tohoku/Joetsu shinkansen line, and that line actually leads into a ...

Hop on an adorable ride with the Hello Kitty Shinkansen, which takes you exploring the Western cities of Japan.