Hokuriku Shinkansen train gets inspection at switchyard

A new bullet train developed for use on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line undergoes an inspection at a switching yard in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015. Service on the line, linking the prefectural capital of Kanazawa and Tokyo via Nagano, will officially begin on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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