1st of 2 women Shinkansen drivers makes debut

1st of 2 women Shinkansen drivers makes debut

OSAKA, Japan - Rumi Yamashita, 27, the first of two Japanese women debuting as Shinkansen train drivers, conducts routine check Aug. 18 before setting off from Shin-Osaka Station at the controls of a bullet train ''Kodama 619'' bound for Hakata.

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