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Japan’s high-speed rail revolution started with the Tokaido Shinkansen, launched in 1964—the same year as the Tokyo Olympics. It was a marvel born from plans sketched during WWII to connect Tokyo with ...

TOKYO — It’s likely some of the tens of thousands of passengers were hissing with anger after a snake brought Japan’s busiest bullet train line to a halt. The 39-inch reptile slithered onto an ...

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "Shinkansen" service. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...