The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, ...

East Japan Railway has now resumed normal operations on its Tohoku Shinkansen line. Some services had been canceled after two connected trains came undone last week. The line includes trains that ...

East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Tuesday that it will resume from Friday operating coupled trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, which have been suspended since last week. JR East suspended ...

East Japan Railway, or JR East, resumed operating coupled trains on its Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line on Friday, eight days after their suspension. The company halted such train ...

East Japan Railway Co. said full operations are expected to be in place Saturday. Advertisement The decoupling happened for the second time in six months on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line. On March 6 ...

East Japan Railway has partially resumed operations of coupled Tohoku Shinkansen trains, following a suspension after two trains detached last week. JR East suspended the service on March 6 after ...

The E10 trains, which are being developed by East Japan Railway, are expected to begin service in Japan in fiscal 2030, running on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line connecting Tokyo to Japan ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change.

TOKYO -- Families of people killed in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami visited beaches and memorial cenotaphs in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region on Tuesday to pray for the souls of the ...

PM, just as the train crew was disconnecting the Yamagata Shinkansen from the Tohoku Shinkansen. When the crew noticed an abnormal noise, they promptly halted operations to assess the situation. Such ...