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When you visit Japan, you want to soak up as much as possible, never wasting a second, as you might miss real-life “Mario ...

Japan will launch the Tokaido Lumiere Express overnight Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka on August 8, offering a new late-night travel option.

In a country famous for punctuality—where the Shinkansen runs on a schedule measured in seconds—there is one bullet train in Japan that appears on no public timetable. It is a phantom on the charts, a ...

This week in travel news: tourists are coping with extreme heat, one of the world’s most popular vacation destinations is tripling its tourist tax, and a giant gold bar is up for grabs in Finland.

Heidi Alexander, the UK's Secretary of State for Transport, has explained that her ambitions for HS2 are inspired by tthe ...

In brief: The Shinkansen train service is one of those engineering and industrial marvels you will likely find only in Japan. One of the fastest and most secure train networks in the world is now set ...