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TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Undated photo shows a magnetically levitated train displayed to the public in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. A maglev service link will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken in August 2013 shows magnetically levitated train undergoing testing in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - A boy holds his ticket for a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line in the prefecture to experience the speed of 500 kilometers per hour. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her child walk through a boarding gate in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2014, to participate in a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line in the prefecture to experience the speed of 500 kilometers per hour. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kids snapped with mascots at maglev fair

KOFU, Japan - Children pose for photographs with local mascots during an event held in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2014, to promote Central Japan Railway Co.'s planned maglev train line and local specialties.

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Maglev train runs over 500 km/h in trial run

TOKYO, Japan - A screen monitor inside Central Japan Railway Co.'s L0 series maglev train shows the train is running at a speed of over 500 km/h during a test-ride event for the press on Sept. 22, 2014, in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan.

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New maglev bullet train on test run

TOKYO, Japan - A Chuo Shinkansen bullet train using the superconducting maglev system is seen in a test run in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, in August 2013.

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Maglev train

KOFU, Japan - Former U.S. Senate majority leader Tom Daschle (L front) speaks in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2013, after taking a ride on a magnetically levitated train on a test run. Japan has been promoting the introduction of a maglev system in the United States. Daschle heads a board of advisors for a U.S. company attempting to lay a maglev train system in the United States.

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Maglev train test run

TSURU, Japan - Photo shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013. Central Japan Railway Co. resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Maglev train test run

TSURU, Japan - Photo shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013, as central Japan Railway resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Body of journalist returns to her parents' home

TSURU, Japan - A casket containing the body of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, is carried into her parents' home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, after police conducted an autopsy on Aug. 26, 2012 at a university hospital in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Journalist Yamamoto killed in Syrian clash

KOFU, Japan - Koji Yamamoto, father of Mika Yamamoto, is interviewed at his home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on the morning of Aug. 21, 2012. Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning Japanese journalist, died during a clash in Aleppo in northern Syria, where rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government have been fighting, with the Japanese Foreign Ministry confirming her identity earlier that morning.

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Maglev train's test run in heavy rain

KOFU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., a railway operator commonly known as JR Tokai, demonstrates before reporters a test run of its magnetically levitated train in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2011, despite strong winds and rain caused by Typhoon Roke. The train achieved a speed of 500 kilometers per hour during the test, with a company official saying the test proved it is a ''vehicle highly resistant'' to rain and winds.

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Japan's maglev train at test line

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2009 shows a magnetically levitated train on the test line in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Crown Prince enjoys linear motorcar ride

TSURU, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) smiles as he takes a test ride on a magnetic leviated train at the Yamanashi Linear Motorcar Test Center in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 29. (Pool photo)