A Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward in this file photo. (Mainichi) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and ...

The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the country's Golden Week holidays was up 5 percent from a year earlier amid booming inbound tourism, the ...

The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn. East Japan Railway Co. plans to convert an E3 series Shinkansen by ...

At Ueno station in Tokyo, 21 furry passengers boarded the sleek shinkansen train for a one-hour ride to the resort town of Karuizawa with their owners. “We’re having fun,” Yukari Seino ...

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The popular five-member boy band Arashi announced that they will end their activities after their concert tour scheduled for next spring. The group, which released its first CD in 1999, has been on ...

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