Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Sunday to bring attention to the event ...

The plan is that the first indigenous bullet train, too, could be in operation before long. Recently, the new sleeper version ...

But often some of the most thought-provoking #PaxEx comes from the most local of sources, as your author discovered on board ...

Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara, who designed Osaka's Umeda Sky Buiding and the Kyoto Station building, has passed away aged ...

Fukuoka City, Japan’s sixth largest city, is located in the southwest of the country and a five-hour Shinkansen ride from the ...

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were halted due to a fire that broke out near a track in central Japan, ...

JR Central and Tokyo Disney have teamed up for another Fantasy Springs bullet train, this one dubbed the "Wonderful Dreams ...

Donna Burke has the most famous voice you've never heard of. The Australian expat first moved to Japan in the 1990s, hoping ...

Central Japan Railway Co. and Tokyo Disney Resort have unveiled a special Disney-themed bullet train, the “Wonderful Dreams ...

THIS year marks 200 years of train travel in the UK, and if you think your commute is bad these days… you’ll be horrified at what the railways used to be like. The first train journey ...

Central Japan Railway Co. plans to test a pet-friendly car on the Tokaido Shinkansen, Japan's busiest bullet train line ...