Japan has agreed to modernize railway stations across India while participating in the country’s $140 billion investment plan in the Railways over the next five years. A Japanese delegation will soon visit India to study the opportunities. The public transporter has identified 400 stations to be upgraded in private investment. Railways research wing – Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), will sign an MoU with Railway Technical Research Institute of Japan to carry out research work on acquiring modern technology.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who is in Japan to strengthen cooperation in rail sector, held a series of high-level meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Japan will also provide its expertise and technology in solving problems of sanitation including the development of waterless, odourless toilets in trains and at stations.
- Japan suffers 1,500 earthquakes every year.
- Japan has more than 50,000 people who are over 100 years old.
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Japan consists of over 6,800 islands.
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Japanese Trains are among the world’s most punctual: their average delay is just 18 seconds.
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Japan and Russia still haven’t signed a peace treaty to end World War II due to the Kuril Islands dispute.
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The number of Chinese killed by the Japanese during WWII is greater than the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
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There are four different writing systems in Japan; Romaji, Katakana, Hiragana, and Kanji.
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