East Japan Railway, or JR East, resumed operating coupled trains on its Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line on Friday, eight days after their suspension. The company halted such train ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in northeastern Japan resumed Wednesday after a more than eight-hour stoppage caused by ...

East Japan Railway has partially resumed operations of coupled Tohoku Shinkansen trains, following a suspension after two trains detached last week. JR East suspended the service on March 6 after ...

The operator has suspended all coupled Shinkansen operations since the link ... became decoupled while on the move last Thursday. JR East says it will fix the connecting part with metal fittings ...

East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Tuesday that it will resume from Friday operating coupled trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, which have been suspended since last week. JR East suspended ...

JR East has released the Welcome Suica Mobile app for overseas visitors to Japan. The app allows users to issue and top up their Suica in the app without going to a ticket office or vending machine at ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 27 inaugurated a segment of Takanawa Gateway City, a mixed-use development ...

PM, just as the train crew was disconnecting the Yamagata Shinkansen from the Tohoku Shinkansen. When the crew noticed an abnormal noise, they promptly halted operations to assess the situation. Such ...

A similar incident also took place in September. JR East is the only operator that couples different trains for Shinkansen services. According to the weather agency, wind speeds of up to 126kmh ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in northeastern Japan were halted Wednesday morning due to the discovery of debris on an overhead wire and strong winds, JR East said. Around 9:15 a.m., a ...