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 ...

Superconductivity, or power transmission with zero electrical resistance, may bring the Chuo Shinkansen maglev rail project ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the country's Golden Week ...

The Bullet Train remake on Netflix is nowhere near as interesting as its empathetic, cynical '70s inspiration.

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 ...