Tōkaidō Perspective
Policy and engineering lens on economics transport and urban design, comparing Japan and the UK. 経済学、国際輸送、都市デザインに特化した独自の政策・ビジネス・工学アプローチ - 日本と英国の比較研究
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Latest Article | Scan and Deliver - Tokaido Perspective
Latest Article | Scan and Deliver - Tokaido Perspective
Japan's magnetic strip tickets aren’t forever…
Latest Article | How Segmentation Is Reshaping a National Institution
Latest Article | How Segmentation Is Reshaping a National Institution
The New Economics of Japanese Rail
Substack | Tōkaidō Perspective
Substack | Tōkaidō Perspective
Substack | Tōkaidō Perspective
Written by an insider — with experience across government, Parliament, and the rail industry — for the professionals shaping transport policy: precise analysis of what the UK gets wrong, and what Japan has spent decades getting right. Click to read Tokaido Perspective, by Chris Jones クリス, a Substack publication. Launched 7 months ago.
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Podcast | Rail Innovation Group | Heathrow Express
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Podcast | Rail Innovation Group | Heathrow Express
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Blog | The Last Night Train
Blog | The Last Night Train
JR East’s new Luna Azul Sleeper Train
Blog | One Per Cent: Why Japan's Tills Are Writing Fiscal Policy
Blog | One Per Cent: Why Japan's Tills Are Writing Fiscal Policy
Why Japan's Tills Are Writing Fiscal Policy
Blog | The Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing
Blog | The Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing
Japan's Rural Rail Crisis and Britain's Unlearned Lessons
Blog | When Japan Builds Trains That Work
Blog | When Japan Builds Trains That Work
Britain Specifies Trains That Won't...
Blog | The Shinkansen Goes Global
Blog | The Shinkansen Goes Global
What the JR Central–RENFE Alliance Really Means
Blog | NX Super Express Cargo
Blog | NX Super Express Cargo
Why Japan’s Shinkansen Freight Experiment Felt Uncomfortably Familiar
Blog | 3/11 - Personal Reflections on one of Japan’s biggest disasters
Blog | 3/11 - Personal Reflections on one of Japan’s biggest disasters
11 March: Remembering the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster
Blog | Vertical Separation, Integration, and the Future of Rail Policy
Blog | Vertical Separation, Integration, and the Future of Rail Policy
What the JR Tadami Line can teach Britain about saving railways — and what the UK risks forgetting
Blog | Japan’s Shinkansen and the UK’s HS1
Blog | Japan’s Shinkansen and the UK’s HS1
Railways are not just transport; they are instruments of national economic strategy
Blog | Tokyo’s Morning Commute Grounded
Blog | Tokyo’s Morning Commute Grounded
Major power outage halts Tokyo commuter lines
Blog | Rolling Stock, Continuity and Capability
Blog | Rolling Stock, Continuity and Capability
Lessons from Japan’s E235 Series
Blog | From Rupture to Resilience
Blog | From Rupture to Resilience
How the Hanshin Region Rebuilt Its Transport and Public Infrastructure
Blog | Inflation Beyond Interest Rates
Blog | Inflation Beyond Interest Rates
Why Transport, Energy and Logistics Are the Real Policy Risk in Japan and Asia
Blog | JR Ōme Line - From Sleeper Trains to Sleeping Stations
Blog | JR Ōme Line - From Sleeper Trains to Sleeping Stations
Blog | The Jōban Line Revisited
Blog | The Jōban Line Revisited
Engineering Resilience, Institutional Continuity, and Lessons for UK Rail Policy
Blog | Eurostar Faces Its First Real Competition: Gemini and FS Eye the Channel Tunnel
Blog | Eurostar Faces Its First Real Competition: Gemini and FS Eye the Channel Tunnel
Blog | E10 Series Shinkansen: Japan’s Next-Gen Bullet Train Finds a Partner in India
Blog | E10 Series Shinkansen: Japan’s Next-Gen Bullet Train Finds a Partner in India
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