in South Korea – use magnetic repulsion both to levitate the train up from the ground, which reduces friction, and to propel it forward. It is perhaps Japan’s boldest rail innovation yet.

Buried beneath Japan’s mountains, a 500 km/h levitating train is being built to connect Tokyo and Osaka in under an hour.

A Japanese company said its magnetic levitation train set a speed record this week, reaching 366 mph on a test track. The Central Japan Railway Co., often called JR Central, said the test run invo ...

Japan’s ultra-cool, ultra-futuristic magnetic levitation (maglev) train has broken the speed record for a train of its class, reaching 603km/h during its latest test to surpass its previous ...

Gov. Wes Moore exclaimed, laughing as he reeled backward when the train passed him outside Tokyo on Saturday. A viewing and test ride on the Central Japanese Railway’s magnetic levitation train ...

A 600-kilometer-per-hour magnetic levitation train rolls off ... Malaysia and Indonesia over the past several years. A Japanese maglev train reached 603km/h on an experimental track in Yamanashi ...

The first maglev train in Japan was approved in 2014 and will connect ... The levitation created by this magnetic system is the real magic of a maglev system. How, without the normal amount ...

The Maglev, short for superconducting magnetic trains, has been in the making since the 1970s, a joint effort by the Central Japan Railway Company and the Railway Technical Research Institute.

Traditional maglev trains require continuous electrical ... but it is essential for the widespread adoption of this technology. Japan’s magnetic levitation technology represents a bold step ...