On December 17, 2014, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) began construction of a revolutionary passenger railway system that achieves super-high speeds by using superconductors to levitate trains ...

Japan’s shinkansen is already incredibly fast; they don’t call it the “bullet train” for nothing, after all. But even with some shinkansen trains reaching speeds of 320 kilometers per hour, Japan Rail ...

NAGOYA—Soft ground in Aichi Prefecture will delay completion of a tunnel for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen ...

An improved prototype of a maglev bullet train is seen in the western Japan city of Kudamatsu in Yamaguchi Prefecture on March 25, 2020. (Mainichi/Michiko Morizono) SHIZUOKA -- The habitat for 290 ...

TOKYO -- It's now been five years since the start of work to connect the three major cities of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with the high-speed maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line. But local opposition to the ...

Tunnel drilling work for a magnetic levitation Shinkansen train line linking Tokyo with Nagoya is running behind schedule, which could eventually delay the planned 2027 starting date. The tunnel ...

With its progressive zoning rules and “build, baby, build” attitude, Japan does not tend to have many “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) types. But the governor of one of the country’s less-talked-about ...

On September 18, 2013, the Central Japan Railway Company announced the details of its plan for the linear Chūō Shinkansen, the next generation of the famous shinkansen, or “bullet train.” The new high ...

THE first successful tests have been carried out for Japan’s new generation of L0 trains, maglev bullet trains designed to travel at speeds of 311mph. The trains are currently on schedule to be ...

The city is hosting the 2020 Olympic games -- maglev is set to be officially unveiled in 2027 When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese railway operators and rolling stock makers talked up their bullet trains' safety record to an international audience Wednesday, seeking an edge in global competition for high-speed ...

Earlier this month, two different Tokyo District Court sessions associated with the maglev bullet train line now under construction were convened. In one, major contractor Obayashi Corp. was ...