At 603 km/h, the new maglev train sets a record and changes how distance is experienced. The remarkable part is not just that ...

After riding the rails around the world, I was eager to try Japan's bullet trains. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was smooth and comfy, but I felt motion sickness for the first time. I couldn't enjoy the ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...