Rail communication between Russia and Japan is technically possible - Russian Railways CEO Yakunin

TOKYO, July 6. /TASS/. Creating rail communication between Russia's island of Sakhalin in the Far East and Japan's Hokkaido island is technically possible, Russian Railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin said Monday. "It is technically possible. Japanese and Russian companies are interested in it," Yakunin said. He did not rule out the possibility of using Japanese Shinkansen trains in the Russian Far East, in case a line of high-speed rail communication is built. "We are studying Japanese advanced technologies in the railway communication sector," he said. The 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail kicks off Tomorrow, July 7 in Tokyo. Over 1,000 representatives of international companies in the railway sector are attending. Vladimir Yakunin is one of the chairmen of the congress and will give a speech at the opening. Prior to his trip Yakunin already spoke about the railway connection between the two countries. "I will talk about the possibility of a railway connection between Russia and Japan if I have the chance. This is a well-known topic about passing through the Nevelskoy Strait and further to Hokkaido," Yakunin said. Moreover, he noted the prospects of cooperation with Japan in creating the high-speed railroad Moscow-Kazan. Read more