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Guinness identifies Japanese maglev speed as world's fastest

Guinness identifies Japanese maglev speed as world's fastest

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows a Guinness Book of Records certifying that a magnetically levitated (maglev) train of Central Japan Railways Co. (JR Tokai) has made the fastest speed in the world for any manned maglev train. JR Tokai's manned maglev train, also known as a linear motor car, scored a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour at the firm's test railway in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2003.

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Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Koba, a baseball commentator and former Hiroshima Carp manager, tells a press conference at a hotel in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Dec. 16 that he will run in the Hiroshima mayoral election scheduled for Feb. 2, 2003.

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