Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's ...

The return rush of people who spent the year-end and New Year holidays in their hometowns and other travel destinations has ...

Renowned for its advanced technology and impeccable safety record, the Shinkansen has never recorded a fatal accident. Yet, ...

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

Approaching Typhoon No. 10 is likely to cause severe disruptions to Shinkansen services when it makes landfall around Aug. 27, train operators said. At noon on Aug. 24, it was moving near the ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...