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Hideo Shima

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Transport Atlas. "Hideo Shima." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/hideo-shima.

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Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Hideo Shima. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/hideo-shima

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@misc{transportatlas-hideo-shima,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Hideo Shima},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/hideo-shima},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Hideo Shima was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the Shinkansen, Japan's first bullet train.

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Birth Year

1901 1

Death Year

1998 1

Nationality

Japanese 1

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Shinkansen 0 Series

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was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).

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