All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global non-English films list. By Abid Rahman, Patrick Brzeski Shinji Higuchi’s ...

TOKYO: Japan's iconic Shinkansen bullet trains are seeing a surge in passenger numbers, driven by record tourist arrivals and the World Expo in Osaka. The Tokaido Shinkansen, which links Tokyo ...

Passenger numbers for its busiest route rose 5 per cent during the recent Golden Week, from a year ago. But the Shinkansen is under growing pressure to reinvent itself. CNA's Michiyo Ishida has more.

First, the teal green Tohoku Shinkansen “Hayabusa” — one of Japan’s world-famous bullet trains — arrives at the platform. It stops, passengers alight, and the train waits patiently for its partner.

First, I wanted to ask you what you think the Shinkansen train means to people in Japan? Why is it so important? I don’t know what the Shinkansen train means for everybody in Japan, but for me ...