Japan's like-clockwork train system might get half-explained away by the country's culture, but there's cold, hard efficiency at work too.

In a conference room in the Central Japan Railway Co.'s high-rise headquarters, Kenji Hagihara, a public relations manager, pauses in his telling of the story of Japan's high-speed rail system and ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Japan’s Bullet Train, the World’s First (and Still Best) High-Speed Rail Network, Turns 50 The shinkansen system heralded an era of technological ascension for post-war Japan.

On Day 2 of his Japan visit, PM Modi took a ride on the bullet train with his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba. The ...

The maintenance of these railway lines is one of the long-standing problems of the Philippine government. Japan, on the other hand, has dozens of lines that cut across the country.