The question is: Was High Speed Rail really invented by Japan as one claimed?
Way back in the early 50's the European had already started evaluating high speed railway e.g. the French National Railway with their powerful CC 7100 electric locomotives. And so was Germany with their DB class locomotive.
The original idea of Japan High Speed Rail was BORROWED (Today the detractors including Japanese called it stealing -
LOL It funny it is merely over a couple of decades the thieves now regarded themselves inventors and others who did the same thieves) from the European way back in 1955.
In 1955 the head engineer & his team of engineers from Japan National Railways engineers attended a 6 month training program organised by France. When they completed their course, they returned home to Japan with many BORROWED IDEAS and TECHNOLOGIES and started working on Japan High Speed train project. In the process they ordered many components e.g.the alternating current motors for rail traction, undercarriage gears and mechanisms, etc.
Next they disassembled all the part of these component, study, reverse re-engineered, researched then improvised on their new products.
With the support from the Japan Government, started the first commercial High Speed Railway line and called it Shinkansen.
AND now the IGNORANT detractor claimed that Japan invented High Speed Railway ignoring TGV, etc.
It is well known fact then that Japan was regarded the world biggest COPYCAT way back during the Meiji era up to the post WW2 era.
But the truth is we cannot called them COPYCAT as apart from the earliest time Japan did not copy it from bolt to nut. They were clever as they merely re-invented the wheel and improvised on existing products.
So it is strange as to why is the POT is calling the KETTLE black?
As a Swedish Railway consultant discovered on his recent trip to China: To him, the Chinese HSR railway technologies are more advanced then those from Japan. But that again is a matter of opinion. I would not debate on who is more advanced.
Well once agin, the ground test is the best.
Example: Try putting a coin on its rolling edge in the window with both China HSR and Shinkansen at 300 kph and see which coin will roll off first.