By SUSUMU IMAIZUMI/ Staff Writer
October 16, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A maglev train for the planned Chuo Shinkansen Line undergoes a test run in the Ogatayama district of Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, in July 2018. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking Tokyo with Nagoya has been stuck in limbo since Shizuoka Prefecture refused to allow construction for what could be one of the world’s fastest trains. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
