The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn. East Japan Railway Co. plans to convert an E3 series Shinkansen by ...

The latest decoupling occurred on a service involving the Hayabusa and Komachi high-speed trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo to the northeast. It was traveling at around 60 ...

TOKYO -Shinkansen bullet train services in north-eastern Japan resumed on March 26 after a more than eight-hour stoppage caused by debris on an overhead wire and strong winds, affecting around ...

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train (known as Shinkansen) planted with a bomb that will explode if it slows below 100 km/h, the authorities race against time to save everyone.

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shinkansen bullet train services in northeastern Japan resumed Wednesday after a more than eight-hour stoppage caused by debris on an overhead wire and strong winds ...