Japan unveiled the Shinkansen Bullet Train, shattering expectations and revolutionizing rail travel worldwide. At a time when ...

Since it first opened in 1964, Japan's high-speed rail system has been one of the country's most celebrated achievements. These trains, called Shinkansen, are known to English speakers as bullet ...

Here's why. Japan's train system is famously reliable. Japan's extensive train network is renowned for its on-time performance. It's one of the most punctual train systems worldwide, with an ...

"The Shinkansen is a whole system, based on ensuring a safe reliable service," Christopher Hood, reader in Japanese studies at Wales' Cardiff University and author of Shinkansen: From Bullet Train ...

But Japan's success with rail privatization is even more of an ... thanks to deregulation allowing private equity vultures to pick the system clean. Trucking Company Deploys Self-Driving 18 ...

Gov. Wes Moore‘s trade trip to East Asia, which began with a test ride of a high-speed magnetic levitation train in Japan, has prompted renewed attention on a decade-long plan to build a similar ...

The system now connects much of Japan, from the northernmost main island of Hokkaido through southwestern Kyushu. The train featured in Higuchi’s work connects Tokyo with northern Aomori.