You’re probably going to ride the Shinkansen (Japan’s high-speed railway) at some point, so this is for the people who Google things like “do I need to reserve a seat” five minutes before departure.

Passenger numbers for its busiest route rose 5 per cent during the recent Golden Week, from a year ago. But the Shinkansen is under growing pressure to reinvent itself. CNA's Michiyo Ishida has more.

A passenger on the train, which was bound for Nagoya on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, found the suspicious object on a seat at around 0:30 p.m. and reported it to a conductor. The train stopped at ...

Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global non-English films list. By Abid Rahman, Patrick Brzeski Shinji Higuchi’s ...

Shinji Higuchi’s action thriller Bullet Train Explosion debuted on Netflix on April 23 with something of a bang, with the movie enthusiastically embraced by viewers and climbing as high as No. 2 in ...

A Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward in this file photo. (Mainichi) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The number of people using the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and ...

Railways and airlines say congestion on Shinkansen bullet trains and flights will also reach its peak on Tuesday.