TOKYO -- Stung by the experience of October's powerful typhoon, East Japan Railway will lift key parts of a holding yard for shinkansen bullet trains by roughly 10 meters next year to prevent damage from floods, Nikkei has learned.
Nagano facility had been flagged for risk of once-a-millennium deluge

Waterlogged bullet trains resulted in over $100 million in damages for railway operator JR East. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
TOKYO -- Stung by the experience of October's powerful typhoon, East Japan Railway will lift key parts of a holding yard for shinkansen bullet trains by roughly 10 meters next year to prevent damage from floods, Nikkei has learned.