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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspect a Shinkansen bullet train at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hyogo Plant in Hyogo prefecture, Japan on November 12, 2016. (Courtesy of Press Information Bureau of India)
GO YAMADA, Nikkei senior staff writer
TOKYO -- Japan's shinkansen is heading to India. A project debuting the country's bullet train technology on the Asian subcontinent is getting underway, with a work commencement ceremony scheduled to take place before the end of the year. Next stop: Gujarat.