TOKYO -- It seemed oddly lonely. In late September 2025, this Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited a park at a housing complex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The needle-nose tip of the bullet train at Osaka Station.Taylor Rains/Insider Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first ...

The first overnight bullet train service between Tokyo and Osaka is hitting the tracks this summer. Central Japan Railway ...

East Japan Railway Co. announced on March 11 the resumption of coupled operations for the Tohoku Shinkansen, following a ...

Passengers on Japan’s super-fast bullet trains have long enjoyed ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a snack cart, savoring the treats as they whipped past landmarks such as ...

The private rooms will be introduced on the shinkansen departing Tokyo Station on Oct 1. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A bullet train hit a bear on Tuesday morning in northeastern Japan, temporarily disrupting shinkansen services between Akita ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Passengers on Japan’s super-fast bullet trains have long enjoyed ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a ...

Japan's bullet train system — known as Shinkansen — is the fastest in the nation and one of the fastest in the world. The Shinkansen has been in operation since 1964, and has an impeccable safety ...

This photo shows imagined private-room seats on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines. (Photo courtesy of Central Japan Railway Co.) (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co. said Wednesday ...