Power brokers in the diplomatic quarters of Tokyo and Washington see the floating train as a way to equalize an alliance – a union under greater scrutiny during the Trump administration. America sends ...

Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the ...

(AP) -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took a ride Tuesday on the fastest passenger train in the world, a Japanese maglev, as part of Tokyo's sales pitch for billions of dollars in ...

A unique public rail system dating to 1970 is still impressing passengers in Japan. One of them, Japan-focused Instagrammer Megan Elizabeth (@the.hito.bito), recently documented a ride on the ...