Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.

The train was key to Japan's recovery from the devastation of World War II, according to Naoyuki Ueno, a manager with the Central Japan Railway Company.

The bullet train route from Tokyo to Osaka is the busiest in Japan and one of the fastest in the world, bolting across the country in just 2.5 hours.

For the bullet train, Tangerine adopted a design philosophy called "thoughtful travel," which focused on how the train engaged with Japan's countryside and culture.

Snack and food sales have been a mainstay on the Shinkansen, or bullet train, since it began running in 1964, the year Japan hosted the first Tokyo Olympics, a railway spokesperson said, but it ...

A newly launched bullet train in Japan is delivering passengers from Tokyo to Fukui prefecture (and vice versa) in under three hours, Railway Supply reported. The roughly $35 billion project began ...

"In the spirit of strategic partnership between Japan and India, the Japanese government has agreed to introduce E10 Shinkansen trains in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project. It is ...

An actor performer for passengers during the 'Zombie Shinkansen' event on a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka, ahead of Halloween on October 19, 2024. PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images ...

Texans have long been promised a high-speed rail line. Amtrak wants to bring the bullet train to the U.S. sixty years after it started running in Japan.

Netflix reboots the 1975 classic 'Bullet Train' with unprecedented access to Japan's bullet trains, and a star-studded cast led by Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.