Driver of 1st shinkansen train recalls ride 50 years ago

Driver of 1st shinkansen train recalls ride 50 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutaro Oishi stands on platform No. 17 at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 8, 2014, recalling his duty as a driver of Japan's first bullet train on the shinkansen line in October 1964. (Kyodo)

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