Three new Shinkansen projects approved in June as Japan's high speed network continues to expand

"three new shinkansen sections approved for construction in June. The other two — the 211-km Hakodate-Sapporo stretch in Hokkaido and the 113-km Kanazawa-Tsuruga section in central Honshu — will also start soon."

Source:Nagasaki kicks off bullet-train work

Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012

Japan Times

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