JR group companies will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket aimed at foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel ...

The Yamabiko Shinkansen runs the Tohoku corridor from Tokyo toward Sendai, reaching speeds well into the 200 mph range ...

The bullet train line that connects Japan's main island of Honshu and the northern prefecture of Hokkaido marked the 10th anniversary of its opening on Thursday.

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East Japan Railway (JR East) started operating a freight-only shinkansen bullet train Monday, transporting goods from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, to Tokyo. The seven-car train, converted from an E3 ...

Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line resumed on Tuesday afternoon after being suspended for about an hour ...

Japan’s first-ever freight-only Shinkansen train began commercial service on the Tohoku Shinkansen line on March 23.All ...

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 ...

Japan’s trains are very punctual, but that doesn’t mean they have a perfect on-time record. Even the prestigious shinkansen is delayed sometimes, as happened on Tuesday afternoon when service was ...