Four women debuted Friday as bullet train drivers on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, the first for the high-speed route linking Tokyo and Osaka, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) officials said.

The driver was absent for three minutes as the Shinkansen bullet train sped between Atami and Mishima in Shizuoka Prefecture, southeast Japan, according to the Kyodo News Agency.

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