East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it has developed shock absorbers to lower the risk of derailment for bullet trains in the event o ...

A shinkansen bullet train is seen halted on the tracks in Saitama's Chuo Ward due to a power outage in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on Jan. 23, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) ...

Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis. East Japan ...

JR East says its plans for driverless bullet trains stem in part from Japan's declining population and the resulting labour shortage. - AFP TOKYO: Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around ...

KYODO - JR East said Tuesday it will start operating self-driving bullet trains on some of the sections of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line for commercial service in fiscal 2028 with a driver aboard to deal ...

TOKYO >> East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, announced in April that it plans to test a system that will use facial recognition technology to allow passengers to move freely through ticket gates ...