Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU,Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe ride a magnetically levitated train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014. Abe, who offered support for the United States to introduce maglev technology in a meeting with President Barack Obama in February last year, invited Kennedy to join the inspection of the train. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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