Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. In the ...

The ruling on March 1 found Taisei Corp. and Kajima Corp. guilty of bid-rigging for construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line. The companies were each fined 250 million yen ($2.3 million).

The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...

Record-breaking heavy snowfall continued on Saturday morning, primarily along the Sea of Japan coast, due to the strongest ...

So, on a recent trip to Japan, I was excited to book a journey on the country's famous Shinkansen, a bullet train that can reach top speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour. My one-way ticket was ...

Famous chocolate bar gets fried up for Valentine’s Day, but it’s not exactly as great as they say.

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