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 ...

East Japan Railway Company, or JR East, is Japan’s largest railway network operator. It runs both long distance bullet trains, known as Shinkansen, and shorter municipal train routes around and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

councilmembers Gay Donnell Willis and Adam Bazaldua spoke to NBC 5 aboard the Shinkansen, the Japanese word for the ...

The feature is only available on some long-distance, Shinkansen-style trains using ... city or prefecture using a train ...

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 ...