The Incident at JR Fukushima Station The situation arose when the Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa 145, originating from Tokyo and bound for Shinjo, was being coupled with the Tohoku Shinkansen Yamabiko ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen journey time was cut to 3h 10min in 1965 making day trips by train between Tokyo and Osaka attractive for the first time. The line connects Japan's four largest cities. Tokyo ...

Dr Masanobu Iida, director of the environmental engineering division of Japan's Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), explains the challenges of mitigating aerodynamic effects and noise as the ...

Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains this month reached a half century of service along the entire route between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka and Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Compared to Tokaido Shinkansen ...

The opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1982, and its many subsequent extensions and branches, brought the northernmost third of Japan’s main island of Honshu immeasurably closer to Tokyo in travel ...

This photo shows an artistic rendering of semi-private booths to be introduced on some Tokaido shinkansen bullet trains. (Photo courtesy of JR Central)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Semiprivate booths ...

Semiprivate booths with luxurious seats will be introduced on shinkansen bullet trains connecting Tokyo and western Japan by March 2028, the operator said Wednesday, citing expected demand from ...