Japanese trains know how to dodge earthquakes. A good business card on global markets

Seiichiro Yoshioka, a senior official at the Japanese Ministry of Transport, is optimistic about the prospects for high-speed rail: the famous Shinkansen, which ushered in the era of high-speed rail many years ago, proved highly reliable during the terrible earthquake - tsunami that shook the north-east of the archipelago last March. When the earthquake hit the region there were 27 'bullet trains' on the line, and the earthquake sensor automatically applied the brakes: no accidents, proving the safety of the Shinkansen. The global rail market is worth, according to the 'Association of the European Rail Industry', about 136 billion euros, two-thirds more than the global aircraft market. And today Japanese industry is competing not only with rivals in Germany and France, but also with other consortia in China - where high-speed projects include the most extensive network in the world - and in South Korea.
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