Two tickets for one ride? It might sound odd, but the way bullet trains in Japan work can be confusing to some tourists. Here ...

“While planning my trip, I came across a post on WeChat advertising Shinkansen tickets at a 30-percent discount,” a Chinese man told police after purchasing a resold ticket. He said he ...

Passengers can use non-contact IC cards instead of paper tickets to ride Shinkansen bullet trains starting on March 14, Yuji Fukasawa, president of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), said.

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Bernama) -- Inbound Platform Corp has launched its Shinkansen (bullet train) ticket service, which includes basic fares, express tickets and the innovative ticket issuance via ...

OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on Jan. 5 pushed an emergency button to inquire about tickets with a conductor, causing 14 ...