Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network, to build ...

Japan's high-speed train, the Shinkansen, in Tokyo. Can other countries create similar rail links? Texas wants to try. Soeren Stache/dpa Nagoya, Japan (tca/dpa) - Right on schedule, the sleek white ...

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Join me at Koriyama Station for a first-hand look at Japan’s newest bullet train: the E8 Series Tsubasa Shinkansen. This ...

Traveling from Osaka to Hiroshima on Japan’s high speed train network feels less like transportation and more like stepping ...

Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...

Japan's plans to expand a bullet train line linking Tokyo with the port city of Tsuruga is under increased scrutiny after a sharp rise in estimated costs. Extending the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Osaka is ...

Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. On ...

From ‘Railroad Station Stamp Designs,’ published by Seigensha (all images courtesy Seigensha) From ‘Railroad Station Stamp Designs,’ published by Seigensha (click to enlarge) The book, unfortunately ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men were waiting for a bus on the station's north side when they ...

Rescuers untangling Japan's worst train crash in decades uncovered four more bodies in the crushed cars Thursday, bringing the death toll to 101, but grim work remained in accounting for the dozens ...

Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...