Shinkansen platforms have become more wheelchair friendly at JR Tokyo Station thanks to improvements reducing the gap between the vehicle and platform, according to Central Japan Railway Co.

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...

At a ceremony held at JR Tokyo Station, Central Japan Railway Co. President Shunsuke Niwa pledged to continue efforts to make the Tokaido Shinkansen Line "loved by people for the future starting ...

On a recent excursion to the Akabane neighborhood in Tokyo’s ... west exit of Akabane Station, stands between two train lines ...

Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...

Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling ... Happy birthday Shinkansen. Here's to the next 60 years. If you liked this story, sign up for The Essential List newsletter – a handpicked ...

TOKYO - Japanese railway companies are using lessons learnt from a decline in passenger numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic to dream up ways to get more people to ride the Shinkansen bullet trains.

An underground maze and city unto itself in Marunouchi business district, Tokyo Station is a major gateway ... as well as various bullet trains (called Shinkansen) that transport travelers ...