The first Japanese bullettrain ran on October 1st 1964 between Tokyo and which other city ?
1964 Summer Olympics TRANSPAC-1, the first trans-Pacific communications cable from Japan to Hawaii was also finished in June 1964 in time for these games. Before this, most communications from Japan to other countries were via shortwave. The start of operations for the first Japanese "bullet train" (the Tokaido Shinkansen) between Tokyo Station and Shin-Ōsaka Station was scheduled to coincide with the Olympic games. The first regularly scheduled train ran on 1 October 1964, just nine days before the opening of the games, transporting passengers in about four hours, and connecting the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Some already-planned upgrades
1st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) American and Filipino forces, of the 11,000 Japanese soldiers, only 800 were evacuated to Cebu in January 1945. As result, the "1st Division" ceased to exist as an operational unit. The remnants of division have participated in the Battle for Cebu City though. 1st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The ' was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the '. The 1st Division was formed in Tokyo in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Tokyo Garrison had responsibility for the eastern region of