A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western Japan next spring, its operator said Wednesday. The service will mark the ...

The first-generation Shinkansen train, the 0 series, popular for its “pug nose,” became the first commercially-operated train in the world to run at 210 kph. The 100 series train, equipped with a ...

A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western ...

An illustration provided by West Japan Railway Co. shows a Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular Japanese manga series "One Piece." (Photo courtesy of West Japan ...

"I'm proud of the Shinkansen," he said. "As a Japanese citizen I'm proud of that." TRAIN JOURNEYS Train Journeys is a BBC Travel series that celebrates the world's most interesting train rides ...

The new One Piece train is actually the “Sanyo Shinkansen,” a high speed rail train in Japan that first hit the tracks in 1972. As a part of this collaboration, three trains will be adorned with the ...

A blink and you will miss it test ride on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line offers some ... involved a five-car setup comprising the L0 series train that has been used since 2013 for test ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said it expects to resume full operations on the Tohoku Shinkansen ... of a 17-car bullet train in an earthquake last week. More than 100 workers were dispatched ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line and the upcoming ... has cooked up this incredible surprise. The train will be adorned with the beloved characters from the series, ...

A Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train is seen in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on June 17, 2018, in this file photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

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TOKYO, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Some Shinkansen bullet train services near Tokyo were delayed Saturday morning due to a malfunctioning maintenance vehicle, affecting around 4,900 passengers, local media ...