India, Aug. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba, to travel in a bullet train from Tokyo to Sendai on Saturday.

Sharing images of his train travel, Modi wrote on X: "Reached Sendai. Travelled with PM Ishiba to this city on the Shinkansen."

Ishiba shared images of the travel on his X page.

According to the Japanese government's website, the Shinkansen (lit. new trunk line), Japan's high-speed rail, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014, having opened for service between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964.

Marking a significant safety standard, Shinkansens have now operated for 50 years, over 18,000 days, without a single passenger casualty.

He is attending the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit.

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