Japan isn't the only country where you can ride the Shinkansen. Taiwan just took delivery of the first of 12 new bullet trains.

The number of passengers on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, operated by Central Japan Railway, rose 1% from a year earlier to about 4.14 million. Average daily ridership reached a record high as Nozomi ...

Japan's bullet train system — known as Shinkansen — is the fastest in the nation and one of the fastest in the world. The Shinkansen has been in operation since 1964, and has an impeccable safety ...

Ordinarily, one does not immediately think of railways when Japan comes to mind. Perhaps the famous bullet train Shinkansen does, but the chugging steam engine is not one of the usual images of ...

Japan Railways' latest mag-lev bullet train just broke its own record as the fastest train in the world. The bullet train travelled at 603 kph (374 mph), blowing through last week's top speed of 590 ...

Just what the doctor ordered for train buffs, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has a new inspection train ready to start service on the rails, which will replace the popular Doctor Yellow ...

Now ubiquitous in many of Japan's 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...