The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking Tokyo with Nagoya has been stuck in limbo since Shizuoka ...

A prefectural government panel in central Japan has approved measures presented by a major railway operator to address the ...

The Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train now appears to be on track to begin operations in the 2030s. The Shizuoka prefectural ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- A stalled maglev train project connecting Tokyo and Nagoya might regain momentum after Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu, one of its biggest opponents, announced plans to step down.

Rail travel has come a long way from the slow chugging of steam engines. Today, the race for the fastest train has become a ...

Contributing to Shizuoka’s displeasure over this 8.9 kilometer tunnel is residents’ discomfort with the fact that trains on the new maglev line will not stop in Shizuoka. Where the track is planned ...

TOKYO -- The government has given the green light for construction of a maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya, a project expected to stimulate the economy by deepening the tourism and business ...

NAGOYA—Soft ground in Aichi Prefecture will delay completion of a tunnel for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line by more than five years to the end of January 2030. The soft ground ...

"Come on, America. Let's get training." ...

The movement of people and goods is accelerating due to the development of the Internet and aircraft, and this will not stop in the future. No matter what kind of society we become, people will ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy will join Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday to inspect a magnetically levitated train system in Yamanashi Prefecture, the government said Friday. In ...

In this video, I experience the world's cheapest first class bullet train seat on the fastest commercial train known for its ...