TOKYO – A Shinkansen ... The train service was travelling between Furukawa and Sendai stations in Miyagi prefecture early in the morning on Sept 19 when the incident happened. East Japan Railway ...

TOKYO – Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid-2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country’s demographic crisis.

TOKYO, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese bullet train operator is investigating what caused two linked Shinkansen trains to uncouple while moving at high speed, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday ...

Japan Times said its driverless locomotive will make operations more efficient and sustainable. JR East explained it will install autonomous trains for the Joetsu Shinkansen line between the Tokyo ...

A shinkansen made an emergency stop between northeastern Japan and Tokyo on Thursday after its two linked trains uncoupled, railway operator JR East said, but no injuries were reported among the some ...

Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis. Shinkansen ...

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

(MENAFN) Japan's major railway operator, JR East, has announced plans to launch a new generation of driverless Shinkansen bullet trains as part of efforts to tackle the nation's demographic ...

TOKYO – A Shinkansen was forced to make an emergency stop after its two linked trains uncoupled while it was running. East Japan Railway said it was the first time that two linked trains uncoupled ...