There were over 300 passengers on the trains, but no one was injured as the trains decoupled at slow speed. Read more at ...

A Japanese bullet train operator is investigating what caused two linked Shinkansen trains to uncouple while moving at high ...

Torrential rain in Japan has triggered landslides and caused widespread flooding leaving one person dead and several missing.

Tourists are flocking to Japan in record-breaking numbers, and some don’t have manners. A lot of bad tourists in Japan are ...

One person is dead and seven others are missing in Noto Peninsula, state media reported. The region is still recovering from ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued an emergency rain warning for Ishikawa Prefecture. It's the highest level of alert ...

Just after 8 a.m. on September 19, the coupling section between the Hayabusa and Komachi bullet trains on the Tohoku ...

One of Japan’s largest railway companies wants fully self-driving bullet trains speeding through the country by the ...

While traveling at approximately 315 kph, two carriages of a Shinkansen running between Furukawa and Sendai stations in ...

The bento box has taken on many forms, one of which is the ekiben, which was born alongside one of Japan's cultural icons - ...

TOKYO : Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail ...

Travel in Japan can be complicated, but careful trip planning reaps huge rewards. Here is what to know before visiting.