But in May, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) ran a trial Shinkansen program where passengers could ride with their dogs on the seats next to them. Soon enough, Takeoka and her pet Chihuahua found ...

JR East, which operates the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines, is considering incorporating around two cargo-only cars into a train, company sources said. The freight-only cars will ...

It was the first time for shinkansen trains to uncouple while moving. JR East is the only operator in Japan that couples trains with different compositions for a shinkansen service. The operator ...

JR East is working to reduce travel times by increasing the speed of the Tohoku Shinkansen to attract tourists and revitalize the region. The company is currently conducting tests using its test ...

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...

However, Okuyama is a far from a neophyte when it comes to train design, having previously collaborated with JR East on ...

With an introduction by Prof Roderick Smith of Imperial College, London, If There Were No Shinkansen is the work of former ...

East Japan Railway Company ( (EJPRF) ) has released its Q2 earnings. Here is a breakdown of the information East Japan Railway Company ...

High-speed Shinkansen trains began running between Tokyo and Osaka on 1 October, 1964, heralding a new era for rail travel as Japan grew into an economic superpower after its World War II defeat. The ...

The Shinkansen meanwhile ... This high-speed cleaning routine on JR-East bullet trains involves crew cleaning over 1,000 seats in just seven minutes, with impossibly graceful and fast-paced ...

Heavy rain briefly halted all shinkansen bullet train services between Hakata in southwestern Japan and Tokyo on Saturday ...

TOKYO (Bernama-Kyodo): Heavy rain canceled a total of 88 Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services on Saturday and delayed 229 ...