Japan’s SCMaglev will be the world’s fastest train, gliding at 500 km/h and cutting Tokyo–Osaka travel to just over an hour. But with sky-high costs and global skepticism, will this bold leap in ...

The construction of what is intended to be the world’s fastest train, the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev, which is intended to link Tokyo to Nagoya, with a potential future extension to Osaka, is currently ...