As Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR) transport requires a shorter lead time than maritime transport and is more economical than air transport it was often used for transportation between Japan and Europe in the 1980s. But use fell dramatically with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and information regarding it continued to be hard to obtain. In this article I would like to introduce an initiative promoting the use of a TSR-maritime transport combination as the third of the main three transport options, after shipping and air.