The 39-inch serpent tangled itself on an overhead power line, electrocuting itself and causing delays of over an hour and a ...

One of Japan’s busiest bullet train lines screeched to a halt Wednesday after a snake tangled itself in a power line, triggering an outage that froze the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most curious treasures. A spectacle to get the hearts of rail fans racing, it happens 17 times a day, and there is always a crowd waiting at ...

Japan’s high-speed Shinkansen bullet trains can reach speeds of up to 285 kilometres per hour (JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Japan’s high-speed bullet train services were halted on its busiest line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake became tangled in the overhead wires, causing a power outage. The incident occurred ...