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

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.

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 ...

In this video, we take you inside the cutting-edge technology, engineering marvels, and national ambition behind Japan’s most ambitious rail project to date. Using magnetic levitation ...

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 Japanese bullet train bested its world record for speed by traveling 374 mph on Tuesday, according to news reports. The Central Japan Railway’s seven-car maglev — short for magnetic ...

TOKYO - A Japanese maglev that is the fastest ... unlike regular shinkansen or "bullet trains" that run on steel rails, magnetic levitation trains hover above rails, suspended by powerful magnets.

Gov. Wes Moore‘s trade trip to East Asia, which began with a test ride of a high-speed magnetic levitation train in Japan, has prompted renewed attention on a decade-long plan to build a similar ...

Chinese researchers have dispersed prototype of a train on magnetic suspension to a record 650 km/h in seven seconds.

Superconducting magnetic levitation technology provides ... to jump-start a high-speed rail project that would see Japanese bullet trains ferrying passengers between the Texas metropolises of ...

Meanwhile, Japan is building the next generation of high-speed trains, which use magnetic levitation to power passengers past the 300mph mark. Now that really is the future. The digital version of ...