Viewers were enthralled. Traveler shares eye-opening video of first-class experience aboard the world's fastest train: 'Worth ...

One of Japan’s busiest bullet ... first time a snake has brought the shinkansen service to a halt. Last April, CBS News reported authorities had to remove a 16 in (40.6cm) snake from the train ...

The plan then goes underway, and of course, it all pays off. The two switches are pulled at the exact moment they should be, the majority of the train safely explodes away from people, and all nine ...

Our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma does a lot of travel for work, zipping around the country on Japan’s network of shinkansen bullet trains, but one recent rail ... After getting over the shock of being ...

The bullet trains have long been a symbol of Japan’s blossoming as a modern economy and peaceful culture in the decades following World War II. The first leg, connecting Tokyo with Osaka ...

All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next ... Hokkaido and Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen lines have prohibited smoking since they first opened. As JR Tokai and JR West were in ...

All bullet trains between Hamamatsu and Nagoya stations were suspended from the first train of the day ... leaving only Kodama trains operating. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) stated ...

Shinji Higuchi ("Shin Godzilla") delivers an "Apollo 13"-style story about ordinary people coming together to resolve a blockbuster-sized disaster.