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Japan is living in the future that the 1990s dreamed of. (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

we have plenty of bullet trains - 367 last I checked, plus bullet trains from other countries - they're just chronically late because of car-focused policies over the last decades causing the infrastructure to basically rot away.

still no ass-wiping robots though, maybe one day...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

yeah we have a bunch of ICEs, but no transrapid for us. japan has a bunch of maglev trains.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Japan has one maglev line under construction with a completion date set for 2045.