By: Gene C

Gene C — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 02:29:20 +0000

I’ve been to Japan and can vouch for what the author reports about the incredible Japanese people. More so when one considers that they built up the second largest economy in the world without having their own natural resources. If they had India’s level of natural resources, they would rule the world.

Shinkansen trains in India?!? This will surely turn out a massive tragedy for the Japanese. They are financing the train via a loan repayable over 50 years it seems. I predict that within 5-7 years there will be some sort of freak accident to the train. The sort of freak accident that only happens in India, say for example,
1) the railway tracks being stolen for sale to salvage merchants.
2) People dying by urinating on the electrified tracks.
3) Electric supply of the trains is cut due to power theft, or indeed, theft of the power line itself for scrap copper.

Naturally, the Indians will say it is the fault of bad Japanese technology. Maybe refuse loan repayments and demand compensation instead. The good name of the Japanese will be dragged into the mud and they’d be out $17 billion.

By: Ark-med

Ark-med — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:44:15 +0000

Bullet-type high speed trains in India might be a frightening proposition. The age-old (yet recently recently ballyhooed in some business publications) “jugaad”will get in the way of safe construction and adherence to materials quality standards, which could result in horrific mishaps.

As for Japan, I’m not so sure. The Takata airbags, Toyota spaghetti-code single-point-of-failure resultant unintended acceleration fiascos cast some shadow of doubt on Japan’s redoubtability. This has been amplified by the scandal in which Kobe Steel finds itself embroiled, wherein substandard steel was supplied to various customers, including those much vaunted Bullet trains.

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