“In Japan,” said Kiernan, “the level of national pride in high speed rail is similar to American pride in the space program."
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The difference, of course, is that you can still ride the Shinkansen today, but good luck getting to the moon.
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The Japanese government cleverly deduced that fast Tokyo-Osaka travel was something that people would still want to do 50 years later.
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