Copyright: DB Museum/Daniel Karmann
In the picture from left to right: Sebastian Lange (Managing Director Deutsche Bahn Foundation), Kenichi Bessho (Japanese Consul General in Munich), Hideaki Kuroda (Director JR East Paris Office), Dr. Oliver Götze (Director DB Museum), Dr. Rainer Mertens (Deputy Director DB Museum), Yoshiyuki Oba (Director The Railway Museum Saitama), Yoshitaka Taura (President of the East Japan Railway Cultural Foundation), Prof. Dr. Julia Lehner (Cultural Mayor of the City of Nuremberg), Christian Bernreiter (Bavarian State Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport)