It’s no secret that Japan has a lot of earthquakes. The country records more seismic activity than anywhere else in the world ...

Happy 60 th birthday to high-speed rail. It was on October 1 st in 1964 that the Shinkansen, Japan’s revolutionary super-fast train, made its debut. Known as the “bullet train” because of its ...

Japan’s Maglev train isn’t just fast—it’s a futuristic leap in transportation. Using powerful magnetic levitation, it glides ...

All passengers were evacuated from the Tokyo-bound train. At JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, a Tokaido Shinkansen Line train was stopped due to the release of bear repellent spray onboard ...

TOKYO — It may soon become more expensive to ride one of Japan’s famously crowded trains thanks to measures recently approved by lawmakers to combat the side effects of “over-tourism.” Visitors have ...

Turtles near Japan’s Nara Prefecture now have safe passage across the local train tracks. Despite being small and adorable, the little turtles sometimes get caught in the switch rail mechanism—which ...