After riding the rails around the world, I was eager to try Japan's bullet trains. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was smooth and comfy, but I felt motion sickness for the first time. I couldn't enjoy 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 ...

(CNN) — Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city ...

Instead, they'll be riding on Japan's world famous Shinkansen high speed rail from Tokyo to Kyoto, where they will explore the city for a day, then they'll board a regional train from Kyoto to Osaka, ...

In the first week of June, I took a high-speed train between Osaka and Tokyo, Japan’s two largest cities. It was seamless, fast and efficient, and part of the allure of visiting a land where tradition ...