Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen, affectionately known as "Doctor Yellow," will be retired in coming years due to their age and condition. The diagnostic trains, which are based on the 700 ...

Typhoon No. 7 will halt parts of Japan’s main bullet-train networks on Aug. 15 during the Bon holidays when the powerful, slow-moving storm is expected to make landfall. Central Japan Railway ...

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

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 ...