Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.

The Shinkansen network connects the Tokyo metropolitan area to various regions of the country, serving approximately 14 million passengers every day, according to the East Japan Rail Company.

On Day 2 of his Japan visit, PM Modi took a ride on the bullet train with his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba. The ...

Shinkansen bullet trains between Akita prefecture and Morioka in Iwate prefecture in northeastern Japan were temporarily ...

India's first bullet train will run on the 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor. The MAHSR project ...

A Shinkansen bullet train collided with a bear in northern Japan on Thursday. The service was temporarily halted.

This was the dawn of Japan’s “bullet train” era, widely regarded as the defining symbol of the country’s astonishing recovery from the trauma of World War II. In tandem with the 1964 Tokyo ...

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight ...

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the ...