
China may soon boast the most extensive rail network in the world – but unfortunately, the behaviour of some of the passengers has even further to go than the quality of its trains…
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According to a recent survey, as many as 80% of Japanese men object to the existence of Japan’s women-only carriages.
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Moeblob fans have been marvelling at K-ON!’s “Ho-kago Tea Time Train” wrapping/takeover campaign – there can be no doubting the inescapable power of K-ON!, for those stuck using the train at any rate.
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As part of the marketing efforts surrounding the upcoming K-ON! movie, the Keihan Electric Railway Company will actually be running a “Ho-kago Tea Time Train” in nothing less than full moeblob livery.
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A kitten has stopped a train, inconveniencing 23,000 commuters and inciting both criticism and approval.
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After an accident killing at least 39 people on its new high speed rail system, China has taken the unusual step of burying the wrecked carriages, claiming it needs to protect “national level” technology from being stolen by foreigners, despite widespread accusations that it stole the technology from them in the first place – and the suspicion that it is keen to conceal whatever caused the accident.
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A major accident on China’s much trumpeted new high speed rail system has prompted the inevitable “China quality” denunciations online.
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An unusually attractive beggar claiming to have come from 500 years in the past has been attracting attention in China.
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China is being accused of pirating Japan’s Shinkansen down to the children’s cartoon based on its locomotives.
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The Chiba Urban Monorail’s recent Ore no Imouto tie-in, featuring special edition tickets, has apparently proven a success, with hundreds of little sister fans queuing for the tickets.
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As part of the celebrations for its 200,000,000th sale, the One Piece manga is taking over the trains and stations of Tokyo in an extravagant and doubtless extraordinarily expensive advertising campaign.
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