Shizuoka Ends 9-Yr Impasse over Maglev Line as Gov. Gives Approval

Shizuoka, July 7 (Jiji Press)--Yasutomo Suzuki, governor of the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, on Tuesday approved construction of the Shizuoka section of the Chuo Shinkansen high-speed magnetic levitation train line, effectively ending a nearly nine-year impasse that had