7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (38+ words) JIJI PRESS 1st New-Type Shinkansen Train Delivered to Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)--A new-type Shinkansen train, manufactured in Japan, has been delivered to Taiwan for the first time....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (216+ words) A new model of a high-speed train based on the Japanese Shinkansen has been delivered to a port in southern Taiwan. The train was unloaded by crane from a ship at the port in Kaohsiung on Saturday. More than 300 people…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (753+ words) On August 8, JR Central operated the Tokaido Shinkansen “Tokaido Lumiere Express,” departing Tokyo Station at night and arriving at Shin-Osaka the following morning after midnight. It was the company’s first time operating a revenue service that travels “through the night…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) Beautiful new design pays homage to regions that the bullet train serves, with charming hidden details. When you’re travelling between cities on the Shinkansen in Japan, the journey is often just as memorable as the destination. That’ll be especially true…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1036+ words) TOKYO - For more than half a century, Japan has dreamed of a magnetic levitation train that could whisk passengers between Tokyo and Osaka far faster than the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains. That dream is now one step closer -- but also…...