The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics may be two years away, but Japan is already flexing its transportation muscles. Central Japan Railway Co. has rolled out its new high-speed Shinkansen N700S – or ...
It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky." Zipping cross-country in a super-high speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Japan’s authorities were considering in the 1950s how to expand their battered rail system, they faced an ...
Sixty years ago, a sleek white bullet train sliced through the Japanese countryside, marking a new era in travel. It wasn’t just speed that set the Shinkansen apart – it was a symbol of Japan’s ...
A maglev train in Japan has broken the 500kph barrier for the first time Wikipedia One hundred lucky train fans in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan had the ride of a lifetime this weekend when they were ...
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