had its name changed to Kohoku Station on Sept. 23. After the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line opened, Takeo-Onsen Station, located between Haiki and Kohoku stations, was connected to the new line.

The driver pressed a button in the cab of the newest N700S Shinkansen train at Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture shortly after midnight on May 11. The automatic train operation (ATO ...

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway is said to be the world's most punctual. Japanese National Railways ...