I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

A newly launched bullet train in Japan is delivering passengers from Tokyo ... If having a cheap, easy, fast, and environmentally friendly mode of travel available to you is something that you ...

Brits waiting on chilly, wet railway platforms in the middle of winter for another late arrival may wish the UK could be more like Japan. With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling ...

Japan may be known for its network of high-speed bullet trains, but one of the country's trendiest train trips takes around 35 minutes and screams luxury. The Kintetsu Railway's Sightseeing ...

Wrestling fans in Japan have been treated to a one-off match between two professional fighters grappling in the aisle of a super-fast bullet train. Tokyo-based DDT Pro-Wrestling organised the ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen ... It could perform inspections at speeds of 210 km/h, which was how fast commercial bullet trains traveled at the time. The fourth and fifth generation ...

Japan, for example, spent $8 billion to build ... Transportation to run the Turbo-Trains on the New Haven tracks. The fast trains, like jet planes, cost more than the older and slower equipment ...

Iida Kazuyuki from the Development Bank of Japan estimates the bullet train extension will provide a $207 million boost for Fukui Prefecture's economy. But fast trains are only the first step.

Some Shinkansen are carrying perishable freight along with passengers, as railway operators and food producers alike expand the use of high-speed trains for urgent goods. Cargoes of live seafood ...

New Year’s holiday travel is shaping up to be frenzied, as 4.46 million seats on trains and Shinkansen between Dec. 27 and Jan. 5 have already been booked, announced the six Japan Railways ...