Japan's long chain of islands supports a surprisingly rich variety of wildlife, created by isolation, mountains, forests, and ...

A small serpent caused a substantial delay on one of Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains, shaking up the country’s typically timely rail service routine. More than 600 passengers experienced the unusual ...

Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. On ...

A "stowaway" snake brought a Japanese high-speed bullet train to a standstill on the Nagoya-Tokyo route yesterday, with a delay of nearly 20 minutes on the famously punctual service. The reptile was ...

A research group, including Harushige Seo (an undergraduate student), Eriko Ansai (a graduate student), Tetsuya Sase (an undergraduate student), Associate Professor Tsukasa Waki, and Lecturer Yosuke ...

April 17 (UPI) --One of Japan's famously punctual high-speed bullet trains experienced a rare 17-minute delay when a snake was found in a passenger car. The Central Japan Railway Company said the ...