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When not hanging out of train doors in Thailand, eavesdropping on passengers’ conversation in North Korea or blasting around Japan on bullet trains, Monisha is usually on the hunt for the best sausage sandwich in the company of her husband, two children and mini-dachshund, Juno.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Since the first Shinkansen trains ran out of Tokyo Station in 1964, Japan has not recorded a single fatality on its bullet trains.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
In late October, Suzuki took the bullet train from his home, in northwest Tokyo, to Nara for the first week of Yamagami’s trial.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The story famously goes that the W16 configuration was sketched by Piëch on a bullet train in Japan.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Since the first Shinkansen trains ran out of Tokyo Station in 1964, Japan has not recorded a single fatality on its bullet trains.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
In late October, Suzuki took the bullet train from his home, in northwest Tokyo, to Nara for the first week of Yamagami’s trial.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The story famously goes that the W16 configuration was sketched by Piëch on a bullet train in Japan.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Bullet train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet%20train. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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