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Japan's bullet trains to offer network-wide free Wi-Fi by next year

Rollout on most lines planned ahead of Tokyo Games' summer kickoff

Tourists to Japan have frequently complained about the lack of Wi-Fi on bullet trains.
KAZUHIRO OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

TOKYO -- The Japan Railways group will provide free Wi-Fi service in nearly all shinkansen bullet trains and their stations by 2020, in time to accommodate overseas visitors attending that summer's Tokyo Olympics.

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