In 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen, a high-speed train that seemed impossible at the time. This episode covers how ...

Heavy rain canceled a total of 88 Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services on Saturday and delayed 229 by up to around six ...

Aboard a chartered car of the shinkansen — the Japanese word for bullet train — were around 40 thrill-seekers, ready to brave an encounter with the living dead between Tokyo and the western ...

The U.S.'s rail system lags far behind other countries when it comes to both scale and speed, but strides are being made ...

A boy in a baseball cap at the front of a line hopped on to a Nozomi shinkansen train just as the last male passenger in a suit got off. In the evening of Aug. 9, the bullet train bound for Hakata ...

Caroline McGuire Tokyo to Kyoto by Shinkansen "Nothing quite beats the Shinkansen bullet train, one of the fastest in the ...

lulled by the gentle vibration of the train, before arriving in Osaka. Initially, the Nozomi service only ran two round trips a day, but following the opening of the Shinkansen platforms at ...

A new revolutionary way of travelling in Japan promises to set new standards for speed and efficiency and is set for completion in 2034.

The driver only needs to make fine adjustments to then stop the train at the designated spot. The result is that, in principle, the chance of two Shinkansen trains colliding is essentially zero ...

Japan is famous for rail travel. Whether you’re here as a tourist or a resident, trains are often a part of daily life. There ...

Eerie experience was inspired by the hit 2016 South Korean movie 'Train to Busan' Actors perform for passengers during the 'Zombie Shinkansen' event on a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka ...