Sunday was also the first anniversary of the opening of the conventional railway line running in parallel with the shinkansen extension, operated by a local public-private joint company.

SHIZUOKA--Railway officials deemed a self-driving Shinkansen test as successful here, in a step toward having automated high-speed bullet trains debut in Japan in 2028. The driver pressed a button ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) suspended operations of coupled Shinkansen following a decoupling mishap on March 6 in Tokyo, inconveniencing passengers on those routes and adding runs to ...

The railway operator also provided some details of the accidental decoupling on the Tohoku Shinkansen line last Thursday. The trains -- known as Hayabusa and Komachi -- were traveling in Tokyo ...

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 ...

East Japan Railway says it will gradually resume operations of coupled Shinkansen bullet trains from Friday, before having them return to normal schedules on Saturday. The operator has suspended ...