Japan's new bullet train debuts

5 March 2011 Last updated at 06:54 ET Help

1,500 people have gathered at Tokyo Station to see the debut of Japan's newest bullet train.

Hayabusa has a maximum speed of 300km an hour and connects Tokyo and Shin Aomori in three hours and 10 minutes, 10 minutes faster than the line's conventional bullet train.

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