Japan high-speed train sets by speed record
Japan's maglev train sets world speed record near Mount Fuji at over 600 kilometres an hour. PM Shinzo Abe will attempt to sell technology to US for rail link between New York & Washington.
This file picture taken on May 11, 2010 shows the Maglev (magnetic levitation) train on the experimental track in Tsuru, 100km west of Tokyo. Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train set a world speed record on April 21, 2015 in a test run near Mount Fuji, clocking more than 600 kilometres (373 miles) an hour. AFP PHOTO / FILES / Toru YAMANAKA