I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...

available on all Shinkansen trains, offer comfortable seats arranged in a three-by-two or two-by-two layout, ample elbow room, and plenty of luggage space. Both reserved and unreserved seating ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway is said to be the world's most punctual. Japanese National Railways ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is planning to refigure the layout on some of its Shinkansen train cars to allow passengers to work remotely and in relative peace while traveling. JR East said ...

SHIZUOKA--Railway officials deemed a self-driving Shinkansen test as successful here, in a step toward having automated high-speed bullet trains debut in Japan in 2028. The driver pressed a button ...

Although the tender for acquiring trains using the Shinkansen technology from Japan ... with a completely air-conditioned Chair Car layout, providing contemporary passenger comforts including ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about Asia's role in the global political economy. Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside ...

A power outage disrupted Shinkansen bullet train services on the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines Tuesday. East Japan Railway Company says the suspension of over 280 train operations affected ...

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--The iconic "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday, completing its final inspection of tracks ...