Governor Heita Kawakatsu resigns following uproar over his latest malfeasance. As he exits, we examine the motives behind his opposition to the maglev train.
Steam Rail was fast in the 1800s, but the Shinkansen was the game changer for high speed travel in 1964. Now train commuting is on the...
150 years since Japan's first train line opened, all private railway companies are beset by problems. The government, like in Europe, may want to step in.
It’s kilometer 42.8 on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen’s Yamanashi test line between Uenohara and Fuefuki. At The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward, we had...
At a meeting with Central Japan Railway Co. president Shin Kaneko on June 26, Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu refused to approve the company’s construction work...
