Japan tests world’s fastest train

Central Japan Railway has been testing the latest version of its magnetically levitated Maglev train, the fastest ground-moving vehicle in the world.

Connecting Tokyo to Osaka, the train will travel the 514km distance in only 67 minutes. The train has a record speed of 581kph.

The first part of the track to Nagoya is scheduled to be finished by 2025.

Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Yamanashi, Japan.