As rail infrastructure ages, components need to be replaced and structures such as pillars and tunnels have to be reinforced.

Most Shinkansen rides are long enough for a meal or snack. While some trains still have food carts, they’re becoming rare, so ...

Japan's famous bullet trains are seeing a surge in ridership, driven by record tourist arrivals and the World Expo in Osaka. Passenger numbers for its busiest route rose 5 per cent during the recent ...

Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global ...

All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next year following a decision by the operators of the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines to abolish smoking rooms. The flagship ...

Japan’s high-speed bullet train services were halted on its busiest line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake became ...

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

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

India's bullet train project is gaining momentum as Japan plans to provide E5 and E3 series Shinkansen trains for inspection ...

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with travelers on May 3, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All modes of transportation experienced peak congestion Saturday, the first ...

Bullet train services in western Japan were halted for about two hours Monday evening after railway workers noticed that a person had been hit by a running train, JR West said. The Sanyo Shinkansen ...

First, I wanted to ask you what you think the Shinkansen train means to people in Japan? Why is it so important? I don’t know what the Shinkansen train means for everybody in Japan, but for me ...