Japan unveiled the Shinkansen Bullet Train, shattering expectations and revolutionizing rail travel worldwide. At a time when cars and airplanes seemed destined to dominate, this high-speed marvel ...

A Shinkansen train speeds past Mount Fuji. - AFP/Getty Images Its development owes a great deal to Japan’s early railway history. Rather than the 4ft 8.5in “standard” gauge used in North ...

The line was constructed using 1,067 mm narrow-gauge rails, a decision thought to have been made on the advice ... to accommodate faster trains. While the Japanese Government Railways expended ...

Even though the Tokaido Shinkansen boasts some of the world’s most sophisticated high-speed rail technologies, it has made ... scale will prove crucial to moving forward on a bullet train ...

Netflix Japan is making a bold statement ... The film’s production scale included the construction of two full-sized bullet train cars using authentic materials and the creation of a 1/6 scale ...

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted ... passenger's seat on a Shinkansen train, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. No one was injured. Serpents have made unexpected appearances ...

China has quickly made itself a leading player in high-speed rail. This looks set to continue as it develops magnetically levitating (Maglev) trains capable of running at almost 400 mph. Japan has ...