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free gifts and pamphlets to promote the World Expo 2010 Shanghai

The "Expo Express" runs into Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Commuters are attracted by the photoes displayed in the carriages.

The "Expo Express" train, painted with the logo of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, started running in Tokyo, Japan yesterday.

Inside, there exhibited 320 photos depicting Shanghai's urban scenery, city life and planning of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

The show, part of the events of the "Shanghai Weeks", will run through the following one month and a half. It has drawn much attention from local media and passengers.

The "Expo" airplane operated by China Eastern Airlines also landed in Japan earlier, making a perfect match with the train and creating an "Expo sight" in Japan.

Besides the photo show, the "Shanghai Weeks" will see other events such as briefing on promotion of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, Shanghai TV Week and tourism promotion.