Join me on a smooth and speedy ride aboard Japan’s busiest bullet train line - the Tokaido Shinkansen. Today we’re traveling ...

Join me aboard Japan’s most luxurious and fastest bullet train - the GranClass Hayabusa. Departing from Koriyama Station, we’re riding Train Hayabusa 27 to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto on the sleek E5 Series ...

The Shinkansen — Japanese for “new line” — made its impressive debut in October 1964, a few days before the Tokyo Olympics.

The last express sleeper train that once connected the Japanese capital to the northern prefecture of Hokkaido has pulled ...

A miniature collection of Japan’s cultural treasures and icons are on display in an airy Akasaka office, meticulously ...

East Japan Railway says some of its newest Shinkansen trains that suffered a string of problems last week were found to have ...

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The Shinkansen network connects the Tokyo metropolitan area to various regions of the country, serving approximately 14 million passengers every day, according to the East Japan Rail Company.

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight ...