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

Japan's long-delayed maglev rail project is back on track. After years of environmental disputes, construction can finally ...

Japan has approved its 500 kmph Maglev train project after years of delay. Here's how the Shinagawa-Nagoya route will cut ...

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

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

Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the reality on today’s tracks is more nuanced, with some systems gliding entirely ...

The transport ministry will soon issue an administrative guidance to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) calling for close ...

On July 7, Shizuoka Governor Suzuki Yasutomo approved the construction of the Shizuoka section of the Linear Chuo ...

Magnetic levitation, or maglev, technology has been around since the 1940s, but it's only now coming into focus as a means of high-speed transit. There are several maglev train systems spread ...

Mankind has been obsessed with speed ever since the horse carriage was invented. Come 2022, and we have quite a few supercars that can hit the magical 300-mph (483-kph) mark. The same goes for trains, ...

As China builds out the next generation of magnetic levitation trains, the U.S. has a grand total of one maglev line in development. Or, make that had one in development, because Transportation ...

For centuries, the transport sector has been one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. To address the problem, many research groups are now actively exploring how technology can help ...