Shinkansen bullet train services in and around Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening due to a torrential downpour, ...

Nine Japanese railway companies said they have launched a sun-umbrella rental service at major stations in Tokyo, in ...

A new parasol rental service has begun at major train stations in Tokyo to offer people a way to shade themselves from the ...

Donna Burke has found success as the English voice on Japan’s bullet trains and now she’s on a mission to upgrade Aussie ...

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 ...

Despite an outcry by archaeologists, it will soon be the end of the line for part of the remains of an embankment built off Tokyo about 150 years ago for the nation's first railway service.

Here are 15 of the top things to do in Tokyo, according to a local.

Japan's countryside is full of places you’ve probably never heard of but should. And now Japan Airlines is giving you a great ...

‘Bullet Train Explosion’ Director on Creating the Netflix Action Thriller, Working Officially With Japan’s Shinkansen Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama ...

All services on East Japan Railway's busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended Friday morning due to wire trouble, before being resumed later in the day. The inner loop service, in which trains ...

In fact, in 10 years I’ve only seen him a handful of times. But he delivers a burst of joy whenever I pass because his garden ...