An unlikely stowaway on a Japanese bullet train (shinkansen) forced the country’s usually uber-punctual rail service to make an emergency stop Monday. A female passenger glimpsed a brown snake wrapped ...

Tokyo — A symbol of national pride and vital part of Japan's transport infrastructure, the famed high-speed "bullet train" got some unwanted attention from regulators this month after the driver ...

Sumo, skyscrapers, sushi – and Shinkansen. Japan’s legendary fleet of white-nosed bullet trains, which smoothly criss-cross the country at scene-blurring speeds, has emerged as one of the most ...

TOKYO — Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in ...