Discover Japan's revolutionary Maglev train project, set to reach speeds of over 500 km/h, drastically cutting travel times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

A train arrived 35 seconds behind schedule, and this was enough to prompt the conductor to apologize to every passenger on board, and according to multiple social media posts, issue refunds for their ...

Things to do before going to Japan: this essential travel checklist covers 15 must-do tips to avoid mistakes, skip lines, and ...

Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...

Tokyo has predicted an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude-9 quake in the next 30 years, that could cause 300,000 deaths.

Japan’s trains have earned an almost cult-like status among foreign travelers for being punctual and efficient. Social media users rave about them and many people in Japan take rail operators’ ...

We’ve rounded up five trains that make the journey just as exciting as the destination Japan’s railways connect locals and tourists alike to the country’s most popular destination—whether you’re ...

While many visitors to Japan beeline to the history and hubbub of Kyoto and Tokyo, surprisingly fewer travellers make their way to the region of Kansai: a hinterland of bubbling hot springs, ...