Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan
Talks and Book Launch


Sunday 5 February
To celebrate the renewal of the shinkansen display at the National Railway Museum and the publication of the book, I held a talk on my research about the shinkansen, answering a wide range of questions relating to the research.

Click here to see a PDF file of the details of the event.
Click here for information about the permanent shinkansen display at the NRM.



Thursday 6 April
There was an official book launch held at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

The talk was chaired by Prof. Rod Smith, the Royal Academy of Engineering Research Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London.

For further information see here.


Click here to see the contents of the book.
Click here to go to my main shinkansen research page.

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