抄録
The development of a magnetic levitation system in Japan was launched in 1962. After about thirty years' R & D, in 1990, a test line in Yamanashi prefecture was authorized as a national funded project in Japan. R & D entered a new phase. This paper describes the necessity of the Chuo Shinkansen which is expected to adopt the superconducting magnetic levitation system, the outline of the project, and the present status of developing the technology.
