The opening of the extended section of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Sapporo stations will be ...

In Sapporo, surging costs have forced JR Hokkaido and partners to reevaluate redevelopment plans for the area near the future ...

The Japanese government announced that it needs to delay its plan to extend the northern Hokkaido Shinkansen Line.

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese expert panel broadly approved Thursday a draft report by the transport ministry that pushes back the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line's ...

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s transport ministry expects that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line’s extension to Sapporo will open at the end of fiscal 2038, eight years later ...

A monitor at JR Tokyo Station informs travelers that some shinkansen services on the Tohoku and other lines in northeastern Japan are halted on March 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All bullet ...

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line. The train line connecting Shin-Osaka with Hakata went ...

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has announced the development of the next-generation Tōhoku Shinkansen train, designated as the E10 series. This new model is set to replace the existing E2 ...

TOKYO: East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has said that its suspension of coupled Shinkansen train services will be extended to Friday (March 14). The suspension follows a serious incident in which ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to ...