NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) plans to add luxurious, semi-private seating areas to the Tokaido Shinkansen by ...

The US Transport Department says it has withdrawn a grant for a high-speed railway project in Texas, dashing hopes Japanese ...

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 ...

Speeding across Japan in a Shinkansen bullet train can be an exciting adventure, but as TikToker Kana (@kanainlosangeles) shared in a recent video, upgrading to first class levels up the journey. ...

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 ...

JR Central recently hosted a rally celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen, while one of the most popular events is JR East’s annual Pokémon stamp rally. Every eki stamp is unique ...

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 ...

NAGOYA -- Central Japan Railway is making a multi-pronged effort to draw more international visitors to its Tokyo-Osaka ...

Golden Week kicked off April 26 and millions of Japanese were on the move even though only a two-day weekend was in the ...

The rail replicates the Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail system, though the Japanese company is not involved in the Texas project. “If we are going to add more high-speed rail to this ...

Rail fans will have a rare chance to get up close and personal with the recently retired "Doctor Yellow" shinkansen -- touted as a symbol of happiness -- during a special event to be hosted soon by ...