The Hokuriku Shinkansen is one of the “Seibi Shinkansen”--five new Shinkansen lines developed according to plans crafted in the 1970s under the Shinkansen network law. This entailed ...

The Japanese government announced that it needs to delay its plan to extend the northern Hokkaido Shinkansen Line.

East Japan Railway Co. announced plans to introduce an automatic transportation system, which automatically controls bullet trains from start to stop, to a section of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line in ...

Although designated as a basic plan route by the government in 1973, the East Kyushu Shinkansen lacks formal development ...