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Japan enters high-speed train sales race
On a desolate stretch of track just before midnight, when all passenger lines have been put to bed, a juiced-up Japanese bullet train goes online and accelerates to over 200 miles per hour. The 700-ton train, about a quarter of a mile long, whooshes by rice paddies in under five seconds.There are no locals around to witness the train glide to a stop at a deserted Kyoto Station, but that's not
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