Six of the eight quickest trains in the world hail from East Asia - dwarfing the speed of the shuttles on the US railways ...

Japan is among the countries with some of the most impressive modern train technology in the world. New $35 billion bullet ...

Japan's experimental magnetic levitation train sets another world speed record at 374 miles per hour, but isn't set to enter service for another dozen years. The island nation's experimental ...

The year 2024 saw some train and bus operators in Japan switch to contactless credit card fare payment systems in lieu of ...

Japan and Europe have long had trains that go well over 200mph. The Japanese are now preparing to step up to the next level. The Central Japan Railway Co. is preparing to build a 290km ...

Japan's maglev train just set a world record speed of 375 mph (over 600 kph) during a manned test run on April 21. Central Japan Railway plans to launch the service of the magnetically levitated ...

27 killed a 44-year-old construction worker and seriously injured another man in the first fatal accident connected to the enormous magnetic levitation train project. Gifu prefectural police are ...

This impressive rail line is a government-funded project initiated by Japan Airlines and the former Japanese National Railways (JNR). Magnetic levitation is at the heart of this colossal project ...