Hokuriku bullet train construction begins

Hokuriku bullet train construction begins

TOYAMA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (4th from L) is among guests to break the ground in a ceremony May 27 to kick off the construction on a 110-kilometer bullet train Line connecting Niigata and Toyama prefectures along the Sea of Japan.

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