The Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Shin-Osaka ... Thanks to this, starting with the 100 Series in 1985, the three-seat rows could be rotated to face the direction of travel.

NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) plans to add luxurious, semi-private seating areas to the Tokaido ... E5-series bullet trains serving the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and E7-series trains ...

Japan’s high-speed rail revolution started with the Tokaido Shinkansen, launched in 1964—the same year as the Tokyo Olympics. It was a marvel born from plans sketched during WWII to connect ...

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 ...

Central Japan Railway Co will replace 20 of the 68 seats in each first-class car on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line with six luxury seats. The booths will have lockable doors, and the seats can be rotated ...