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Japan: Blurring the line between bullets and trains

The country has ambitions for 310 mph bullet trains by 2025.

The trains planned for 2025 will reduce the travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya to 40 minutes from about 90 minutes. At that speed, commuters could go from L.A. to the Bay Area in just over an hour.

But can low-income Japanese afford to travel this way? Can the middle-class?