TOKYO - For more than half a century, Japan has dreamed of a magnetic levitation train that could whisk passengers between Tokyo and Osaka far faster than the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains. That dream is now one step closer -- but also further away than ever.The massive project to build a maglev shinkansen line through the country's central mountains cleared a major obstacle to move ahead in July, with construction of a key tunnel now set to begin by the year-end. Yet the opening of the line to Nagoya, once targeted for 2027, is now eyed for 2036 at the earliest, and completion of the …READ FULL ARTICLE
