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Japan’s $90 billion maglev train that will travel at 505 km/h

Japan is building one of the most ambitious transportation projects in the world a $90 billion superconducting maglev train ...

Maglev line starting date still up in the air as costs keep rising

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

Soft ground delays tunnel work on maglev line by 5 years

NAGOYA—Soft ground in Aichi Prefecture will delay completion of a tunnel for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen ...
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Maglev train is back on track after Shizuoka governor’s derailing

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 ...
The Korea Herald

[Editorial] Maglev train project must serve national interests

Central Japan Railway Co.’s ongoing project to build a maglev train system linking Tokyo and Osaka is finally in full swing. Early this month, JR Tokai released a list of probable locations for ...