By Walter Sim, Japan Correspondent, The Straits Times; December 15, 2017
TOKYO – Japan’s transport minister Keiichi Ishii has ordered the five Japan Railways (JR) companies that operate shinkansen bullet trains to conduct an urgent inspection of all 4,800 trains that are in service nationwide.
The move, announced Friday (Dec 15) after a Cabinet meeting, came after Japan suffered its first blip to its pristine bullet train safety track record earlier this week.
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