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Japan's bullet train hits half century
Shoaib Ur Rehman
24 Sep, 2014
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2014/09/japan-bullet-train.jpg">OMIYA: Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon to become the envy of the world.</P><P>Less than two decades after a bitter World War II defeat that left much of the country in ruins, Japan was at the cutting edge with its sleek, airplane-shaped )