Extra shinkansen services will run to provide alternative transportation for travelers after flights were canceled due to heavy snow ...

There are delays, and then there are delays that turn into stories people repeat for years. The incident happened on Japan’s ...

The Tokyo High Court ruled that the Tokaido Shinkansen Line is such an integral part of the nation's infrastructure that the company operator can change the requested vacation dates of its drivers and ...

Experience a journey onboard Japan’s Shinkansen Train, the world’s first high-speed train, traveling 319 miles (514 km) from ...

NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) plans to add luxurious, semi-private seating areas to the Tokaido Shinkansen by March 2028, the company announced. These premium seats are designed to be ...

An era came to an end last October, as the Tokaido shinkansen ended in-car sales of food and beverages. According to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai), which operates the bullet train line ...

A Japanese shinkansen bullet train operator has stepped up efforts to recycle retired train cars using a patented method to ...

In a conference room in the Central Japan Railway Co.'s high-rise headquarters, Kenji Hagihara, a public relations manager, pauses in his telling of the story of Japan's high-speed rail system and ...

Kyoto is best known for its myriad temples and shrines, and its gorgeous Gion district. But for fans of mighty machines, the new Kyoto Railway Museum offers a few hours of diversion from beautiful, ...