Shinkansen

Japan's high-speed rail network, inaugurated in 1964 with the Tokaido line between Tokyo and Osaka. Operating at up to 320 km/h on standard gauge, the Shinkansen is renowned for its punctuality, safety record of zero passenger fatalities, and frequency of up to 17 trains per hour on its busiest section.

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