By SHINYA MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer
March 15, 2021 at 17:45 JST
A man reads a newspaper reporting on the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami as he waits in line to ride the Shinkansen at JR Kumamoto Station on March 12, 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KAGOSHIMA--Ten years after being fully launched, a bullet train dubbed the "Shooting Star Shinkansen" finally got the send-off it wanted but canceled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. [Read More]
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