The ultra high-speed maglev rail service developed by Central Japan Railway Company is still several years away ...

TSURU, Yamanashi Prefecture--Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on test cars and comfort levels appear to be ...

A test run takes place with Mount Fuji in the backdrop. Credit: Central Japan Railway Company. Ever since it was launched in time for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Shinkansen has remained a ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

Negotiations between the Shizuoka prefectural government and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) over the construction of a tunnel for the linear Chuo Shinkansen line are becoming more and more ...

Nagoya, Jan. 7 (Jiji Press)--Shunsuke Niwa, president of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, has stressed that the company will continue promoting the construction of the Chuo Shinkansen ...

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 ...

TOKYO – Prosecutors have formally charged four of Japan's biggest construction companies for allegedly colluding on bids for a multibillion dollar high-speed maglev train line connecting Tokyo and ...

Central Japan Railway President Shunsuke Niwa has stressed that the company will continue promoting the construction of the Chuo Shinkansen, the high-speed magnetic levitation train line that has ...