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In this video, Andy explores why one company is blowing 257km of tunnels deep underneath the Japanese Alps and looks at the pros and cons of this breakneck construction from the people of Japan.

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Sources 🔗

Shigeru Onoda | A History of Railway Tunnels in Japan - https://bit.ly/3XtXZxn
IRJ | JR Central starts construction on Chuo maglev - https://bit.ly/3vTKNGe
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan | Land and Climate of Japan - https://bit.ly/3ir2qdv
Mustard | Why This Train Is The Envy Of The World: The Shinkansen Story - https://bit.ly/3W1tspj
YeahNah Productions | The Japanese Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from a Drone View - https://bit.ly/3GZqTjm
Popular Science | Nov 1952 - https://bit.ly/3XrraAU
American Rails | The Decline Of Rail Travel (USA): Three Decades of Turmoil - https://bit.ly/3W6pCLM
Ministry of Land | History of Roads in Japan - https://bit.ly/3ZxURlV
Bill Hosokawa | Old Man Thunder: Father of the Bullet Train - https://bit.ly/3w0gPAp
World Bank Group | The Bank and Japan’s Bullet Trains - https://bit.ly/3vYGhWO
Nippon | The Shinkansen Turns 50: The History and Future of Japan’s High-Speed Train - https://bit.ly/3W1u8Ln
Sumida Crossing | Standard and Narrow Gauge in Japan - https://bit.ly/3X4xNth
Tokyo Cheapo | Tokyo to Osaka: Fast and Creative Ways of Getting There - https://bit.ly/3GVlGsN
How Stuff Works | How Maglev Trains Work - https://bit.ly/3GZeUCw
Science Direct | Magnetic Levitation - https://bit.ly/3vYGGsi
1902 Patent - https://bit.ly/3GuDA4e
China Highlights | Shanghai Maglev Train - https://bit.ly/3GBFqjH
Nikkei Asia | Tokyo-Nagoya maglev train operator gives up on 2027 opening - https://s.nikkei.com/3W1uykV
The Guardian | Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record with 600km/h test run - https://bit.ly/3VZzRS5
Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev builder needs to dig deep -- in more ways than one - https://s.nikkei.com/3GYsPbI
Britannica | Chuo Shinkansen - https://bit.ly/3CHcHZN
Japan Times | 10-year countdown begins launch tokyo nagoya maglev service - https://bit.ly/3IEwFIj
Japan Times | Japan looks to begin environmental assessment next year for unbuilt portions of maglev line - https://bit.ly/3QwgbE9
Japan Guide | Survey Commuting - https://bit.ly/3II2hwD
Shinichi Muto & Kazuki Hirabayashi | Benefit evaluation of the Japanese Maglev - https://bit.ly/3GVQ8Dc
Asahi | Concern about delay in opening of linear train Aichi side ``Does the country make adjustments?'' - https://bit.ly/3CHE0D7
Toyo Keizai | Conflict with JR Tokai in Maglev, Shizuoka Prefecture's "Real Aim" - https://bit.ly/3ZxCHQY
Research Gate | Oi River - https://bit.ly/3GBH3Ol
The Straits Times | Japan's new high-speed rail plans being derailed by environmental concerns - https://bit.ly/3Zto2q7
Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev train project still stalled by environmental concerns - https://s.nikkei.com/3irSPTH
Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate - https://s.nikkei.com/3wgj177
IRJ | Tunnel dispute delays Japanese maglev project - https://bit.ly/3X5lPzA
EESI | Japan: The Birth of High-Speed Rail - https://bit.ly/3X6oKrQ


Time Stamps:
0:00 - Japan is blowing 257km of tunnels deep underground
1:21 - Help us to make more video like this
2:58 - It's so easy to travel across Japan, why?
3:34 - Rebuilding Japan, post WW2
4:42 - Birth of the Shinkansen
5:41 - 3 factors that made the Shinkansen successful
7:02 - That's why it's so easy...
7:21 - What did he just say?!
7:44 - Maglevs, explained.
8:34 - The fastest train in the world?!
9:48 - Why Japan is blowing holes in mountains?
10:47 - The problems with creating 257km of tunnels
12:36 - Is the Chuo Shinkansen project over?

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