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Japan: A steam locomotive near Tokyo, 1896.

Japan: A steam locomotive near Tokyo, 1896.

Nippon Railway (Nippon Tetsudō) was the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1906, and many are now operated by the East Japan Railway Company.