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Join me on a smooth and speedy ride aboard Japan’s busiest bullet train line - the Tokaido Shinkansen. Today we’re traveling ...
Experience a 24-hour challenge living on bento boxes in Japan, featuring a Shinkansen bullet train journey. Discover $1 meals ...
The new designs were commissioned by the East Japan Railway Company, also known as JR East, and were completed by design studio Tangerine, based in London and Seoul. The Shinkansen will operate on JR ...
JR East said Wednesday three more bullet trains experienced malfunctions the previous day when shinkansen services were suspended for more than five hours between Tokyo and northeastern Japan due to a ...
On Tuesday around 11:25 a.m., a train that was not in service came to a halt in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after its auxiliary power unit failed and a motor control device that had become ...
Driving back roads in Japan is its own pleasure, although this was no real surprise – getting off the highway is a great way to see any country. We passed rice fields, manicured trees and well ...
This isn’t the first bump in the tracks the bullet train has hit — the project’s budget has ballooned, with it now being about $100 billion more than its original estimated $33 billion price ...
East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Wednesday that it will suspend some services on the Yamagata Shinkansen train line, following malfunctions found on E8 series Shinkansen trains.
The new sleeper train will serve as a replacement of sorts for the outgoing Cassiopeia sleeper train, which used to link Tokyo and northern Japan, but which has been out of regular service since 2016 ...
A total of 28 such bridges have been planned on the entire Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, with 17 in Gujarat. Published: June 18, 2025 1:40 PM IST ...
Japan's famous bullet train used to make a loud BOOM sound when it travelled through tunnels. But, thanks to a spot of bird-watching, an engineer was able to fix the problem after he was inspired ...
Combined with domestic, the global start is looking to come in at $140M, and possibly more. This would mark the biggest launch for an Apple movie. As ever, slight fluctuation from what we’re ...