I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

A newly launched bullet train in Japan is delivering passengers from Tokyo ... If having a cheap, easy, fast, and environmentally friendly mode of travel available to you is something that you ...

Brits waiting on chilly, wet railway platforms in the middle of winter for another late arrival may wish the UK could be more like Japan. With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling ...

Wrestling fans in Japan have been treated to a one-off match between two professional fighters grappling in the aisle of a super-fast bullet train. Tokyo-based DDT Pro-Wrestling organised the ...

(JR Tokai) in charge of high-speed rail projects outside Japan, noted in an interview with The Asahi Shimbun that the bullet train technology has, however, taken root in Taiwan. In stressing the ...

Japan may be known for its network of high-speed bullet trains, but one of the country's trendiest train trips takes around 35 minutes and screams luxury. The Kintetsu Railway's Sightseeing ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen ... It could perform inspections at speeds of 210 km/h, which was how fast commercial bullet trains traveled at the time. The fourth and fifth generation ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about Asia's role in the global political economy. Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside ...