Tokyo — A symbol of national pride and vital part of Japan's transport infrastructure, the famed high-speed "bullet train" got some unwanted attention from regulators this month after the driver ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

Just over a 2.5 hour bullet train ride west of Tokyo, the city of Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Mount Hakusan, ...

Sumo, skyscrapers, sushi – and Shinkansen. Japan’s legendary fleet of white-nosed bullet trains, which smoothly criss-cross the country at scene-blurring speeds, has emerged as one of the most ...

TOKYO — Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in ...

An unlikely stowaway on a Japanese bullet train (shinkansen) forced the country’s usually uber-punctual rail service to make an emergency stop Monday. A female passenger glimpsed a brown snake wrapped ...

TOKYO (AP) — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres on ...

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