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On May 22 Japanese Land, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa, and JR Hokkaido Chairman Shinichi Sakamoto participated in ceremonies at Shin-Hakodate to mark the start of work on the first phase of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which was approved in December 2004. The government is covering two-thirds of the ´470bn ...
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