The construction of a 15-kilometer tunnel is underway beneath the Jinja-no-sawa River to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, which already connects Hokkaido with ...

The Hokkaido Shinkansen, which provides a direct rail link between Tokyo and the northernmost of Japan's four main islands via the undersea Seikan Tunnel, opened on March 26, 2016.

The Japanese government announced that it needs to delay its plan to extend the northern Hokkaido Shinkansen Line.

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s transport ministry expects that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train ... results mainly from difficulties in tunnel construction. The ministry plans to ...

KAWASAKI--A section of a tunnel for a magnetic-levitation bullet train service that is under construction 90 meters below ground was shown to the media on Jan. 15. The Chuo Shinkansen Line ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- With the extension of shinkansen bullet train service to Sapporo now delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, communities along the planned link in Hokkaido are fretting over the ...

Local governments and railway officials are warning that the extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line could lead to the collapse of the nationwide food distribution system. After the bullet train ...