JR East said Tuesday it has suspended some of its Tohoku shinkansen bullet trains from the scheduled start of services due to ...

A Christmas tree decorated with unclaimed lost-and-found items, ranging from a guitar to the ubiquitous handheld fans used in ...

Back in 2001, East Japan Railway Company/JR East revolutionized train travel in Japan when they launched the Suica system. Instead of having to hunt for your destination on a map posted on the wall in ...

As much as we love Japanese trains, we also love the stations they pull into, with all their unique sounds and cleverly designed features that give them so much character. At stations operated by East ...

East Japan Railway Company says two decoupling incidents involving Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains may have been caused by an incorrect electrical signal from a device that controls the coupling ...

The clock features unique alarms that play two real train departure bell sounds, created by Eiraku Electric ...

Average train delays of 36 seconds every year? Who could complain about that kind of service? The Japanese icon JR East is one of the subjects in Skift's recent sixth anniversary book, For the Long ...