Home to the ultra-efficient high-speed Shinkansen network, Japan is a country perfectly suited to exploration by train ...

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Yamagata Shinkansen services have resumed by around 11 a.m. Friday after they were suspended from the day’s first train due ...

Nagoya (Jiji Press) — Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs have fun riding Shinkansen bullet trains with their owners, JR Tokai President Shunsuke ...

The logo of West Japan Railway Co. (Mainichi/Miki Hirano) OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama ...

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The shinkansen is an engineering wonder, an enduring symbol of Japan's postwar economic miracle and the country's technological prowess. It’s still gee-wiz when so much is so ho-hum. The world ...

Those lucky enough to secure tickets on board will also gather in ... Caroline McGuire Tokyo to Kyoto by Shinkansen "Nothing quite beats the Shinkansen bullet train, one of the fastest in the ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun 11:31 JST, December 30, 2024 (updated at 15:00 JST) Two Akita Shinkansen trains heading to Akita stopped ... with passengers having to change tickets. “I have plans with my family, ...

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A Shinkansen bullet train that was stranded for 12 hours from Sunday night in Akita Prefecture due to a power failure is up and running again. The operator says the mishap during high traffic ...