That high-speed line between Tokyo and Osaka – the Tokaido Shinkansen – became known by travellers as "The Golden Route", whisking passengers between two of Japan's great cities as it passed ...

A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western Japan next spring, its operator said Wednesday. The service will mark the ...

New Delhi/IBNS: India is unlikely to import Japan’s Shinkansen, or bullet train, for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor, seven years after the project's launch, Moneycontrol ...

Some shinkansen bullet train services were delayed Saturday morning due to a malfunctioning maintenance vehicle, affecting around 4,900 passengers, railway operator JR East said. Services were ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Some shinkansen bullet train services were delayed Saturday morning due to a malfunctioning maintenance vehicle, affecting around 4,900 passengers, railway operator JR East said.

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.

Shinkansen bullet train service was halted from Tokyo to Osaka, western Japan, as well as some other parts of the nation, public broadcaster NHK reported. About 8,900 households were hit by ...