Tokyo —What's being billed as "the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka.Actually a new wing of the existing Osaka Station, eight minutes away via ...

In the more than 60 years since the Tōkaidō Shinkansen began running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s high-speed train service has expanded into a broad network of routes that stretches across ...

8) Tokaido Line (from Kawasaki to Shinagawa), JR East: 183%. 9) Sobu Line [Rapid] (from Shin-Koiwa to Kinshicho), JR East: 178%. 10) Chiyoda Line (from Machiya to Nishi-Nippori), Tokyo Metro: 177%.