Flashback to 2007: PM Modi in Shinkansen Cockpit as Tokyo Visit Revives Old Memories

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:55pm on 29 Aug 2025,Friday India Global

Old archival photographs have resurfaced, capturing a pivotal 2007 moment when Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, stepped into the cockpit of a Japanese bullet train. Shared by the Modi Archive amid his 2025 visit to Tokyo for the India-Japan Economic Forum, the images underscore his early fascination with Japan’s advanced rail technology and foreshadow the later Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project. (PC: The Times of India)  

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