Japan unveiled the Shinkansen, a train so fast that news helicopters struggled to keep up! At a time when cars and planes ...

Even though the Tokaido Shinkansen boasts some of the world’s most sophisticated high-speed rail technologies, it has made ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ago got a sense of deja vu when seeing off a departing Nozomi No. 1 Shinkansen on Oct. 1. In a similar ceremony as held then ...

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train of Central Japan Railway Company, or JR Tokai, has completed its final track ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo ...

The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen trains are so fast that booming in and out of tunnels can create serious turbulence. Running through some ...

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" train belonging to Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday after completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen line ...

According to recent reports, Tokyo has agreed to India running its own high-speed prototypes on the same infrastructure, set ...

The railway ministry has invited bids for a signalling system to run Vande Bharat trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed ...