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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Shinkansen bullet train adopts retro design | History Defined

An E2 series Shinkansen bullet train featuring a retro design is shown to reporters at a depot in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Wednesday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

A Tohoku-Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train sporting a 40-year-old design -- a thick green stripe on a cream-colored body -- began operating Thursday.

The special service marks the 150th anniversary of railway transport in Japan and the 40th anniversary of the Tohoku-Joetsu Shinkansen's introduction.

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