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TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 19: Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) Shinkansen bullet trains sit parked at a train yard on January 19, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese rolling-stock manufacturers have been collaborating with the Japan Railways group to expand the business worldwide with its technology and standards used for the shinkansen bullet train system. Texas Central Partners LLC plans to start construction of the Texas Central Railway High-Speed Rail Project between Houston - Dallas next year using the shinkansen bullet train technology. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 19:  Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) Shinkansen bullet trains sit parked at a train yard on January 19, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese rolling-stock manufacturers have been collaborating with the Japan Railways group to expand the business worldwide with its technology and standards used for the shinkansen bullet train system. Texas Central Partners LLC plans to start construction of the Texas Central Railway High-Speed Rail Project between Houston - Dallas next year using the shinkansen bullet train technology.  (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)