East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) suspended operations of coupled Shinkansen following a decoupling mishap on March 6 in Tokyo, inconveniencing passengers on those routes and adding runs to ...

The logo of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday ...

TOKYO - The Tohoku Shinkansen line stopped to conduct a train inspection between Ueno and Omiya Stations on March 6 morning after the train cars decoupled and came to a halt, according to JR East.

A monitor at JR Tokyo Station informs travelers that some shinkansen services on the Tohoku and other lines in northeastern Japan are halted on March 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All bullet ...

East Japan Railway says it will gradually resume operations of coupled Shinkansen bullet trains from Friday, before having them return to normal schedules on Saturday. The operator has suspended ...

TOKYO: East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has said that its suspension of coupled Shinkansen train services will be extended to Friday (March 14). The suspension follows a serious incident in which ...

Central Japan Railway (JR Central) unveiled a specially painted shinkansen bullet train Monday with the theme of Fantasy Springs, a new area of the Tokyo DisneySea amusement park. The train ...

Fukui Prefecture enjoyed a 20% increase in visitors over the 11 months since an extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line opened in the region. Still, how to increase the number of tourists who ...

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line. The train line connecting Shin-Osaka with Hakata went ...

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has said that it will start developing a new bullet train series, E10, for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which links Tokyo and the ...

For one day only, dogs will be allowed to stretch their paws on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and not be caged. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said the trial “Wan-wan (bow-wow) Express ...

Studio Tangerine, which is headquartered in London, has become the first non-Japanese design partner entrusted with helping to create one of Japan's iconic Shinkansen. The new East Japan Railway ...