By KOICHI TOKONAMI/ Staff Writer
September 14, 2022 at 18:14 JST
Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu, left, and Shin Kaneko, president of JR Tokai, begin their meeting over the company’s plan to construct the ultrafast maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line at a prefectural government building on Sept. 13. (Pool)
SHIZUOKA--The president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and the prefectural governor met on Sept. 13 but failed to resolve an impasse that is delaying construction work on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line. [Read More]
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