Reporters stood by waiting to catch a glimpse of Japan's fast high-speed train on the new Chuo Shinkansen rail line, and if any of them blinked, they missed it. Those who stayed focused on the track ...

"High-speed rail" is admittedly one of those dry-sounding infrastructure phrases that conjures thoughts of schedules and itineraries, but footage of a bullet train in action is entirely different.

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) will integrate data from N-net, a new submarine observation network in the Nankai Trough’s ...

Passenger transport in Japan is declining. The railway company JR East is looking for alternatives – and is sending freight ...