The first pilot projects will be deployed along the Tokaido Shinkansen line, an area with high solar radiation. “By using ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen, affectionately known as "Doctor Yellow," will be retired in coming years due to their age and condition. The diagnostic trains, which are based on the 700 ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said Tokaido Shinkansen services between Tokyo and Mishima in Shizuoka Prefecture will resume around noon on Aug. 31. The company said it had inspected that ...

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...

All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next year following a decision by the operators of the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines to abolish smoking rooms. The flagship ...

The Northeast Maglev proposal to build a super high speed magnetic levitation train from Washington to New York looks great on a map ... stops on the Tokaido Shinkansen (four of them even on ...

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs have fun riding Shinkansen bullet trains ...

A Tokaido Line N700S shinkansen bullet train is seen in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on July 1, 2020. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo) TOKYO -- Women-only washrooms will soon be installed on shinkansen bullet ...

JR Tokai said in a statement that one of the two shared toilets located in odd-numbered cars of the 16-car trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen will be women-only. However, car 11 will be ...

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 since the first ...