SENDAI—An apparent chemical leak on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line injured six passengers, including a child, on Oct. 9, but none of them were reported in serious condition. A call made to the 119 ...

Tokyo Station opened in 1914 with four tracks and has grown into a labyrinthine hub serving 1.1 million passengers a day — and it's not even Japan's busiest station, which tells you something about ...

East Japan Railway Co. is developing a next-generation bullet train for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, focused on improving safety and passenger experience, with plans for a fiscal 2030 launch. JR East ...

The quake struck off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at 8:22 p.m. following an emergency earthquake warning for the region.

A shinkansen bullet train is seen halted on the tracks in Saitama's Chuo Ward due to a power outage in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on Jan. 23, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) ...

Japan’s shinkansen are all fast, which is how they earned their English-language nickname “bullet trains.” But with no numerical limit on speed, there’s always the possibility of getting from point A ...

This image provided by the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) shows the E10 series of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains. TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 4 announced it will begin ...

The Tohoku shinkansen returned to normal operations between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori on Friday for the first time since the March 11 disaster. JR East said that the train now stops as usual in Sendai, ...

The Shinkansen, known as the "bullet train," has revolutionised transportation in Japan and influenced rail travel in nearly two dozen countries worldwide. Japan's high-speed rail journey began in ...

When it comes to rail transport, no country in the world garners as much praise for speed and efficiency as Japan. Railway companies take special pride in providing the number one form of transport in ...