The Tokaido Shinkansen Line began operations on Oct. 1, 1964, just prior to the Tokyo Olympics, with the service at that time dubbed the "dream super limited express." It had a maximum speed of ...

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...

All passengers were instructed to leave the train, and the Hayabusa No. 52 operation was suspended. Some Tohoku Shinkansen trains bound for Tokyo were delayed between Morioka and the capital.

Passengers on the Nozomi Shinkansen not wanting to sit next to ... A special one-way ticket from Tokyo to Nagoya for the two seats is priced at 18,140 yen ($133) compared to the 29,920 yen for ...

Disney-themed bullet trains adorned with characters from hit films such as "Frozen" will run on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka from Feb 21 for a limited time, the operators of ...

The shinkansen is an engineering wonder, an enduring symbol of Japan's postwar economic miracle and the country's technological prowess. It’s still gee-wiz when so much is so ho-hum. The world ...

Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...

Oh to be a pampered pooch on one of Japan's iconic Shinkansen trains heading to a ... Pomeranians and Schnauzers, boarded at Tokyo's Ueno station, and made the hour long journey to the mountainous ...