I	Safety/Reliability
		1.	The setting of standard seismic waves to enable evaluation of the earthquake-resisting performance of existing railway facilities
		2.	A technique to evaluate the earthquake-resisting performance of simple earth structures
		3.	A technique to extract scouring-apprehended bridge piers
		4.	The U-Doppler non-contact vibration measuring system for structural diagnosis
		5.	A track and roadbed displacement monitoring system using a wireless sensor network
		6.	An uninterruptible parallel power source switchover system for Shinkansen changeover sections
		7.	Lightning-strike prevention measures for signal equipment and a technique to evaluate their effect in reducing lightning-related damage
		8.	A technique for a new train operation aptitude test
		9.	A technique to evaluate risk in train operation in consideration of error-inducing factors
	II	Economy/Efficiency
		1.	Lightweight carbon-based contact strips for existing railways
		2.	A technology to introduce a composite structure for the renewal of existing steel bridges
		3.	A tunnel damage monitoring system using IT
		4.	Methods to measure and analyze the dynamic behavior of ballasted tracks in the field
		5.	A freight train driver rescheduling system
	III	Comfort/Convenience
		1.	A low-cost tilting control system
		2.	A system to predict train delay and passenger behavior after the revision of train operation diagrams
		3.	Behavior of stranded people after large-scale earthquakes
	IV	Harmonization with the Environment
		1.	Development of contact-wire/battery hybrid trains through the application of a quick battery charging technology
		2.	A system to calculate the volume of energy consumed by diesel vehicles
		3.	Improvement of the aerodynamic characteristics of bluff-nose trains on meter-gauge railway lines
		4.	A technique to reduce pantograph aerodynamic noise by pasting porous material on the surface
		5.	Low-noise steel composite bridges
		6.	A simple technique to estimate the propagation of vibration from railway facilities to buildings
		7.	A technique to estimate rolling noise using a vibration/acoustics model of the track/wheel system
		8.	New concrete with a low environmental load through the use of geopolymer method
		9.	Measures to reduce the electromagnetic field around substations
		10.	A technique to estimate the wayside radio noise radiated from running trains
	V	Maglev System
		1.	Characteristics of a small racetrack-type superconductive coil made of high-temperature superconductive wires
		2.	A superconductive magnetic bearing that combines magnets and superconductive bulk bodies

I.3, II.3, IV.5, V.1, V.2 were implemented with a subsidy from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) IV.1 was implemented by the commission of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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