Japanese firms have actually made a decision to drop their strategies to obtain associated with a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, federal government and firm resources stated Thursday.
The firms, consisting of East Japan Railway Co., had actually intended to use Japan’s shinkansen bullet train system in the project however they have actually chosen it will certainly be also high-risk without the Malaysian federal government’s financial backing, stated the resources, consisting of those at the Japanese and Malaysian federal governments.
The advancement might enable competing Chinese services to more strengthen their impact in facilities structure in East Asia after they finished a high-speed train in 2023 in Indonesia and are presently constructing one more in Thailand.

File image taken at JR Tokyo Station on April 3, 2021, reveals anEast Japan Railway Co shinkansen bullet train. (Kyodo)
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