Is the shine coming off Japan’s bullet trains?
- Written by Taku Tamaki, Lecturer in International Relations, Loughborough University
A Shinkansen bullet train running past Mount Fuji in Japan.Blanscape/ShutterstockJust ten days before the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan opened its Tōkaidō Shinkansen, a high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo with Osaka. Shinkansen bullet trains showcased the high quality of Japanese railway technology to the world, with trains...







