Featured Article: The 60th Anniversary of the Shinkansen　RTRI’s Research and Development Continues to Contribute to the Evolution of Shinkansen

Dr. Atsushi Furukawa, Executive Director, introduces RTRI's R&D contributing to the evolution of Shinkansen, such as bolsterless bogies, early earthquake warning system and derailment prevention measure for Shinkansen, and resolution of various aerodynamic issues. He also shows two facilities constructed to anticipate further evolution of Shinkansen: a low noise moving...