TOKYO -- The governor of central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture on Tuesday approved the construction of an ultra-fast maglev ...

Shizuoka Gov Yasutomo Suzuki told the prefectural assembly Tuesday that he will allow Central Japan Railway Co to begin ...

The governor of Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture says he intends to sign an agreement that will allow construction of a high-speed ...

Japan's maglev train line got a huge boost Tuesday, as the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture formally announced he would allow work to start on the Shizuoka section of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, where ...

A closely watched high-speed magnetic levitation train line project in Japan still faces many challenges, including huge construction costs seen totaling 11 trillion yen, although it has cleared a maj ...

Frictionless, wheel-less, and incredibly fast. Click to learn how magnetic levitation powers the most extreme high-speed ...

Japan is building one of the most ambitious transportation projects in the world a $90 billion superconducting maglev train that will travel at a mind-blowing 505 km/h (314 mph). Known as the Chuo ...

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

The longest, largest, and fastest maglev train in the world, situated at the Yamanashi test track in Japan, has restarted public testing. The test track has recently been extended to 42.8 kilometers ...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...

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 ...

Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki told the prefectural assembly Tuesday that he will allow Central Japan Railway Co. to begin c ...