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no, and speaking more generally, freight in Japan tends to go by sea or by truck, rarely by train
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Double-stack freight is overwhelmingly a North America thing, with only a few countries elsewhere in the world using it
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The good news is that even lines with double-stack freight can support catenary wire (China does this), and so can be electrified
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for lack of double-stack, or lack of freight in general? if the former: yes, I think so
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if the latter: no, lack of freight rail in Japan is due to proximity of sea for cheap, heavy freight, and advantages of trucks for the rest
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also, that most (land) freight in Japan is high value and time sensitive what little goes by train reflects this too: many small containerspic.twitter.com/t5Qha5Wb4r
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