Thanks to its spectacular attractions, unique customs and world-class hospitality, Japan sits atop many keen travellers’ ...

In September, a bullet train service made an emergency stop after two linked trains uncoupled. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The disconnection on the Shinkansen line that links Tokyo to northeastern Japan is similar to the previous decoupling in ...

Suspended coupled bullet train services in northeastern Japan resumed Friday, the operator said, after safety checks were ...

A bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line made an emergency stop near a station in Tokyo on Thursday after two cars ...

The new East Japan Railway Company (JR East) train – the E10 – will come into service in 2030 and replace the existing E2 and E5 bullet trains on the Tohoku route, which connects Tokyo with ...

The train is now in the design implementation phase, and the first ones are expected to enter service in 2030.

A window crack on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka forced a temporary slowdown, the operator said late Saturday. A steel plate on communications equipment in a tunnel in central ...

We planned to spend a few days in Tokyo first, so we researched Japan's famous high-speed bullet trains ... Our two tickets aboard the Kagayaki train from Tokyo to Nagano cost 34,480 yen, or ...

NEW DELHI -- India is considering adopting Japan's next-generation bullet train for a high-speed rail project currently underway in the west, according to a source close to the Indian government.

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train (known as Shinkansen) planted with a bomb that will explode if it slows below 100 km/h, the authorities race against time to save everyone.