Japan’s iconic high-speed bullet train network usually runs with the precision of a Swiss watch, but now one of the nation’s major rail operators is scrambling to ...

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 ...

Just what the doctor ordered for train buffs, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has a new inspection train ready to start ...

Japan Railways' latest mag-lev bullet train just broke its own record as the fastest train in the world. The bullet train travelled at 603 kph (374 mph), blowing through last week's top speed of 590 ...

Snowfall causing train delays is nothing new. In the UK, where I'm from, this happens with hilarious, infuriating regularity. But last week, the first snow of 2016 brought Tokyo's central railway ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "Shinkansen" service. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...

Ordinarily, one does not immediately think of railways when Japan comes to mind. Perhaps the famous bullet train Shinkansen does, but the chugging steam engine is not one of the usual images of ...

Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first high-speed rail network in the world, debuting in 1964. Tokaido is the busiest line, running at 186 miles per hour and connecting Tokyo and Osaka in less ...