Shinkansen

Japan poised to win India's bullet train deal, offers loan at just 0.5% for 50 years

Narendra Modi needs to look beyond bullet trains on his Japan trip

Japan should look at India as its manufacturing hub. Japan needs young, skilled engineering workers and India can offer them in plenty.

Japan's bullet train network Shinkansen turns 50

It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky." Zipping cross-country in a super-high speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but it was unheard of when Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka 50 years ago Wednesday.

China loses its top-speed mojo after 'bullet train' mishap

A high-speed train mishap shows up the cracks in China's famed infrastructural boom and puts the government on a collision course with those who disfavour growth at breakneck speed.