Editing Diesel multiple unit (section)

====Japan====
[[File:DC283 hokuto 001.jpg|thumb|right|JR Hokkaido [[KiHa 283]] [[Tilting train|tilting DMU]] on [[Hakodate Main Line]]]]

In Japan, where gasoline-driven railbuses (on small private lines) and railmotors ([[Kihani 5000]] of the [[Japanese National Railways|national railways]]) had been built since the 1920s, the first two streamlined DMUs came in service in 1937, class [[Kiha 43000]] (キハ43000系).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/h53001126/4568133.html|title=キハ４３０００の資料 – しるねこの微妙な生活／浮気心あれば水心!?|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625140247/http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/h53001126/4568133.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The service of several hundreds (in sum even thousands) of diesel railcars and DMUs started in 1950s following the improvement of fuel supply that was critical during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/EF57/r.museum/TP-flame.html|title=The Railway Museum in Saitama|access-date=19 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913212003/http://homepage3.nifty.com/EF57/r.museum/TP-flame.html|archive-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>