Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and Shizuoka Prefecture on Saturday signed a letter of agreement regarding water ...

Areas along the Sea of Japan side continue to face heavy snowfall on Sunday, with snow accumulation since Wednesday having ...

A forest fire that started Thursday in the city of Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, continued to spread Friday as firefighters and the Self-Defense Forces conducted aerial and ground firefighting ...

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 ...

Germany’s federal railway authority has issued the European country’s first license for public magnetic levitation (maglev) train operation, in a major milestone for the nascent technology’s use.

The transportation landscape is experiencing a remarkable shift with the emergence of maglev technology. These magnetic levitation trains hover above their tracks using powerful magnets, eliminating ...

Japan and China's Maglev Technology: World's Fastest Trains Message to Ken Burns: What Lincoln said about our founders on slavery 'Massive betrayal': Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison treatment sparks outcry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

Researchers in China have researched a solution to one of the largest issues facing magnetic levitation (maglev) trains. Chinese engineers have developed porous buffers that fit into tunnel mouths to ...

Something to look forward to: The risk of generating dangerous shockwaves when exiting tunnels has long challenged high-speed rail systems. As maglev trains reach higher speeds, the problem becomes ...

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 ...