As compensation, users can now ride the previously excluded Nozomi and Mizuho Shinkansen trains ... have expanded with the extension of Shinkansen lines, and services have improved, such as ...

NAGOYA--The operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line plans to install next-generation, thin solar cells on noise barriers along its tracks. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) expects to use ...

The operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen line also plans a same-day luggage delivery service for guests at Mitsui Fudosan Co. group hotels in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto using “Kodama” trains ...

A section of the Yamagata Shinkansen Line was suspended temporarily to allow snow to be removed, while trains on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line ran at reduced speeds between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka ...

The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- The Yamagata Shinkansen Line's Tsubasa bullet train, traveling from Yamagata Station to Tokyo Station ...

This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 years ...

Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs ride bullet trains with their owners, JR Central President Shunsuke Niwa said in a recent interview. As part of ...

People remove snow on a sidewalk in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy snow fell in areas of northern and western Japan facing the Sea of Japan on Friday ...

The operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen line also plans a same-day luggage delivery service for guests at Mitsui Fudosan Co. group hotels in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto using “Kodama” trains ...

The first pilot projects will be deployed along the Tokaido Shinkansen line, an area with high solar radiation. “By using flexible solar cells in places where it was previously difficult to ...

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)--Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George has said there are absolutely no issues with Japan over a high-speed railway project using Shinkansen-style bullet trains ...

According to Central Japan Railway (JR Central), the daily number of passengers on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line reached 412,000, the highest on record for the year-end and New Year period.