For centuries, the ancient Tokaido highway was the most important road in all Japan. It linked Kyoto, the emperor's capital, with Edo, the city of the shoguns, now known as Tokyo. These days ...

Business travelers, tourists and countless others were left stranded by the suspension of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line from the morning of July 22 due to a collision of maintenance vehicles.

As a crossroads on the old Tokaido Highway, Mie has a unique cultural legacy. In the post station of Sekijuku, we visit a sweets store run by the descendants of a famous ninja spy. After a small ...

Services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines were halted and delayed early on Aug. 17 as cancellations the previous day caused by heavy rain affected crew and train car preparations.

The roughly 199-meter-long bridge on the JR Tokaido Line that straddles the river ... the roughly 25-meter-high bridge from the national highway along the coast, a train passed as if crossing ...