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A driver of a Shinkansen bullet train left the cockpit to use the bathroom while the train was running at 150km/h (93mph) with some 160 passengers on board in central Japan, Central Japan Railway Co.

As far as joint collaborations go, the Shinkansen Evangelion Project is set to go down in the annals of history, with Japan Rail West joining up with the hit anime franchise to make our wildest dreams ...

RIFU, Miyagi -- A long-nosed prototype of the next-generation Tohoku and Hokkaido shinkansen bullet trains, which are set to have the world's fastest regular operation speed of 360 kilometers per hour ...

A Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train is seen. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan's shinkansen bullet train drivers should do when ...