Bullet train claims new speed record
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Japan's train network is extremely efficient, and it is usually quicker to travel by train from Tokyo, Japan, to many of the country's cities than by air. The Japanese bullet train Nozomi-503 recently set a new speed record, travelling at up to 186mph while carrying 1,300 passengers in 16 carriages from Osaka to Fukuoka. The bullet train has become an institution in Japan, and has played a very symbolic role in the country's development.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Recovery may be in sight but the bubble hangover lingers on
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Japan's Economic Planning Agency (EPO) is soon to publish statistics which seem to indicate that the country's economy is beginning to revive after several years of almost no growth at all. The yen is now back under control, the Nikkei Average is above 20,000 and the economy appears to have begun growing again at the end of 1995. However, many experts feel that the economy is still very weak, and could easily begin to decline again.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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Quake town's second vision of hell
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The town of Neftegorsk was completely destroyed by the earthquake which recently hit the Russia island of Sakhalin. The devastation was very specific to this town, with buildings in neighbouring areas being damaged but no lives being lost. So far, around 1,000 people have been confirmed as dead, with many still missing. Most people lived in very poor standard apartment blocks, which totally collapsed.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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