The incident occurred between Gifu-Hashima and Maibara station around 5.25pm on Wednesday, 30 April, halting trains to the Japanese capital and the city of Osaka for around an hour and a half ...

Japan is well known for its lightning-fast bullet trains. Now, it may also become a global pioneer in ultra-fast railway ...

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 ...

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

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already aware that the skiing in Japan is really, really good. Heck, they even named ...

The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres on Netflix ...