Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki plans to announce approval for the maglev line at a prefectural assembly meeting on July 7.
Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki plans to announce the approval for construction of the maglev line.
The announcement is scheduled during a prefectural assembly meeting on July 7.
The project involves the Chuo Shinkansen maglev route.
A Lower House panel has approved a bill to reform Japan's retrial system. The bill is expected to clear the Lower House on Tuesday and be enacted during the current Diet session ending in July.
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Japan's Cabinet has approved a revision to the retrial system. The move addresses long-standing criticism that prosecutors' right to appeal prolongs court procedures for those seeking retrials, sometimes for decades.