Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen ... York looks great on a map, but would be impossible ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said it will suspend operations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line on Aug ... You can find the latest forecast map at the JMA website.

Donna Burke has the most famous voice you've never heard of. The Australian expat first moved to Japan in the 1990s, hoping ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) also announced that the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines ... You can find the latest forecast map at the JMA website.

From January, 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 1960s, the Shinkansen or “Bullet Train” has transformed traveling around Japan, making it easier to move from the capital and explore the richness of Japanese culture. Today ...

The model is estimated for Japan in order to investigate the impacts of the Shinkansen, i.e., the first HSR ever built. We show that traveling by train strengthens firm linkages, but is less important ...