Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka are likely to operate at a slower speed than usual on ...

(Mainichi) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central Japan, according to JR Central. The fire ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

A Tokyo Olympics countdown clock installed ... A university sophomore, 19, who lives in Osaka Prefecture, changed trains at Umeda to commute to her campus in Kobe. She said last April she could ...

Shinkansen bullet trains connecting Tokyo and Osaka will stop providing food trolley service for passengers at the end of October, operator Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said, citing ...

Tohoku Shinkansen services also were temporarily suspended between Sendai and Morioka stations. Read more at straitstimes.com.