Japan's GranClass is the highest service level on any Shinkansen in the country — and it shows. For around $127, you get a ...

Amazon Japan has started using the country's iconic bullet trains to move packages between facilities across different ...

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ago got a sense of deja vu when seeing off a departing ...

As a replacement for the Doctor Yellow, known as a “doctor for Shinkansen lines,” the driver’s cab will be equipped with a ...

In a conference room in the Central Japan Railway Co.'s high-rise headquarters, Kenji Hagihara, a public relations manager, pauses in his telling of the story of Japan's high-speed rail system and ...

Development of the next-generation Shinkansen is proceeding in earnest. East Japan Railway Company has begun developing trial railway cars that will travel at 360 kilometers per hour, the fastest in ...

Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, said Thursday that four N700S series shinkansen trains that are set to be used also for the inspection of related equipment will be named Dr. S. JR Central also ...

Sapporo – Unexpected construction delays and a tight labor market have made finishing the Hokkaido Shinkansen route to Sapporo by the end of the 2030 fiscal year problematic, although officials ...

If you’re travelling in Japan by bullet train for business purposes and want to get some work done along the way, many people opt for the Green Car option, a premium carriage with reserved seating ...

Japan can overwhelm first-time visitors quickly, not because it is hard to enjoy, but because the small decisions arrive all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's role in the global political economy. Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous ...

NAGOYA -- A vending machine selling the popular shrimp-flavored rice cracker "Yukari," which has long held the No. 1 spot in ...