Japan is a country built for trains. Its multiple large cities situated relatively close to one another make it the ideal environment for trains over planes. In the 1960s Japan pioneered the "bullet ...

The aroma of aged wood and the feel of burnished metal on some of the oldest trains to the modern shinkansen, or bullet trains, awaits visitors to a unique experience in Nagoya, Japan. The train ...

The beloved penguin mascot of Suica smartcards used for public transportation and cashless payments in Japan will be retired ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s National Railway Museum has been deepening cooperation with Japan’s Railway Museum since the two sides signed an agreement in 2023. The museums hope to expand the scope ...

At its western tip, Honshu, Japan’s main island, tapers into a green promontory: on the south coast, mighty cities cluster around the natural bays of the Inland Sea. On the wild, northern coast, small ...

In the 1990s, engineer Eiji Nakatsu drew inspiration for a redesign of Japan’s high-speed bullet train from the slender profile of a kingfisher’s beak. Its latest iteration looks like a quite ...