Japan’s iconic high-speed bullet train network usually runs with the precision of a Swiss watch, but now one of the nation’s major rail operators is scrambling to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The needle-nose tip of the bullet train at Osaka Station.Taylor Rains/Insider Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first ...

Japan Railways' latest mag-lev bullet train just broke its own record as the fastest train in the world. The bullet train travelled at 603 kph (374 mph), blowing through last week's top speed of 590 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

Snowfall causing train delays is nothing new. In the UK, where I'm from, this happens with hilarious, infuriating regularity. But last week, the first snow of 2016 brought Tokyo's central railway ...

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "Shinkansen" service. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...

Japan’s Shinkansen to offer free Wi-Fi services by next year. Credit: Rsa. Japan Railways Group is set to provide free Wi-Fi services across its bullet train network by next year. All 108 bullet train ...

Ordinarily, one does not immediately think of railways when Japan comes to mind. Perhaps the famous bullet train Shinkansen does, but the chugging steam engine is not one of the usual images of ...

Summer is certainly no joke in Japan. But even on the hottest of days, there are people who are adverse to conditioned air, either because they feel the cost is too high or because they feel it can ...

Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first high-speed rail network in the world, debuting in 1964. Tokaido is the busiest line, running at 186 miles per hour and connecting Tokyo and Osaka in less ...