Train service disruptions involving animals entering the tracks in Japan have roughly tripled over the past decade and surged ...

Our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma does a lot of travel for work, zipping around the country on Japan’s network of shinkansen bullet trains, but one recent rail ride turned out to be like none he’s ever ...

A bullet train in Japan came to a sudden halt on Wednesday after a meter-long snake climbed a power pole and short-circuited ...

(Kyodo) -- Services were temporarily disrupted Wednesday on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line connecting Tokyo and ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Services were temporarily disrupted Wednesday on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line ... occurred ...

One of Japan’s busiest bullet train lines was brought to a standstill after a snake became entangled in a power line, ...

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The 39-inch serpent tangled itself on an overhead power line, electrocuting itself and causing delays of over an hour and a ...

TOKYO >> East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, announced in April that it plans to test a system that will use facial recognition technology to allow passengers to move freely through ticket gates ...

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with travelers on May 3, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All ...

A meter-long snake had brought the busiest bullet train route in Japan to a halt, between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima ...