It is important to note that the trials for the train have already begun in Japan, and it is expected to be operational in ...

So if you haven’t been to Japan for a few years or are planning your first visit, here are some of the great new – and refurbished – trains to put on your list. The long-mooted high-speed ...

To keep clear of the crowds while still seeing the can’t-miss sights, set up a Japan Rail Pass. With seven-, 14 ... then hop on the bullet train to sip on Osaka’s Ichimen Ramen after a ...

These trains will play a key role in studying how high-speed rail technology performs under ... The E5 model, developed by East Japan Railway (JR East), has been operational since 2011 and can ...

Trains run at up to 200 mph (about 322 kph) on routes ... bullet trains to run hundreds of miles through to Kyushu in the far south and Hokkaido in the north. A map of Japan's high-speed rail ...

The Japan Rail Pass ... Railways (JR) Group, which runs the country’s wide-reaching and famously punctual trains, including its high-speed shinkansen bullet trains, did not give a specific ...

Shinkansen bullet trains ... one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country's demographic crisis. East Japan Railway (JR East) will first introduce trains where many of ...