Japan will showcase products and technologies with focus on high speed rail during a rail equipment exhibition here.

This will be the largest ever Japanese showcase coinciding with India’s move to implement high speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

Japan is partner country for the second time in the International Railway Equipment Exhibition to be organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with the Ministry of Railways here between October 11 and 13.

Japanese companies, including Japan Rail, Japan Overseas Rolling Stocks Association, Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Nippon, supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism and the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Government of Japan, will take part in the expo, according to a CII release.

The exhibition will see participation by 500 companies from 20 countries including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK and the US.

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