Operator Central Japan Railway's 16-car bullet trains currently have only unisex toilets on each end of odd-numbered cars.

All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next year following a decision by the operators of the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines to abolish smoking rooms. The flagship ...

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

Women-only washrooms will soon be installed on shinkansen bullet trains running in west and central Japan to meet passenger ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen, affectionately known as "Doctor Yellow," will be retired in coming years due to their age and condition. The diagnostic trains, which are based on the 700 ...

JR Tokai said in a statement that one of the two shared toilets located in odd-numbered cars of the 16-car trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen will be women-only. However, car 11 will be ...

Central Japan Railway Co., which runs the inspection train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line ... runs another Doctor Yellow train on the Sanyo Shinkansen line, also said it plans to retire the ...

An N700S series bullet train, which runs on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines, is shown in this file photo taken in July 2020 in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo ...

A Tokaido Line N700S shinkansen bullet train is seen in Obu ... to JR Central and JR West bullet trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines. From the companies' train schedule update next March ...