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Giant portrait of toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall

AphotoofagianttoddlerstandsinMexicoandpeersoverasteelwalldividingthecountryfromtheUnitedStates.Theboyappearstogripthebarrierwithhisfingers,leavingtheimpressiont

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Poll: 40% with limited sight fell off Tokyo station platforms

JR Iidabashi Station is the most dangerous train station in Tokyo for the visually impaired, with large gaps between trains and the platform, according to a survey by the Japan Federation of the Blind.

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Next-generation Shinkansen order expected from Taiwan

Next-generation Shinkansen cars developed for the overseas market by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and others are expected to be adopted for Taiwan’s high-speed railway line, according to sources.

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Kyushu Shinkansen Line operations partly resumed

Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) on April 20 resumed operations on a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line, which had been entirely suspended since the night of April 14 due to earthquakes that struck Kumamoto and surrounding prefectures.