A new model of a high-speed train based on the Japanese Shinkansen has been delivered to a port in southern Taiwan.

All sections on the high-speed line linking Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture and Kagoshima-Chuo Station in Kagoshima Prefecture are operational.

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, raising hopes for economic windfalls along the route between Nagoya and Tokyo.

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ago got a sense of deja vu when seeing off a departing ...

Train operator JR West has rolled out its newest bullet train, the Hello Kitty Shinkansen. The high-speed train features carriages festooned with images of the popular Sanrio character and includes a ...

The new high-speed train Tohoku Shinkansen E5 series, Hayabusa, which will debut on March 5, reached 300 km/h in a Sendai-Shin Aomori test run with 140 reporters onboard last week. The test run ...

Development of the next-generation Shinkansen is proceeding in earnest. East Japan Railway Company has begun developing trial railway cars that will travel at 360 kilometers per hour, the fastest in ...

The Shinkansen passing beneath the unmistakable silhouette of Mount Fuji creates one of Japan’s most striking travel scenes.

Japan’s high-speed rail network reveals one of its most unusual surprises with a bright pink Shinkansen dedicated to Hello ...

TOKYO -- Malaysia's decision to scrap a planned high-speed rail link from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore has blindsided Japanese contractors looking to cash in on the $14.8 billion project.

The economic and social consequences of investments in transport infrastructure generate heated academic and policy debates because they typically involve costly investments that are supposed to yield ...