[JP] Yamanashi Prefecture and JR Tokai Agree to Collaborate on Regional Development Utilizing Linear Technology

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Yamanashi Prefecture and JR Tokai Agree to Collaborate on Regional Development Utilizing Linear Technology
山梨県とJR東海、リニア活用の地域振興　協業で合意


Governor Kotaro Nagasaki of Yamanashi Prefecture and President Shunsuke Niwa of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai) met at the Yamanashi Prefectural Office on August 7 to exchange views on the Linear Central Shinkansen Line. During the meeting, they agreed to cooperate in realizing the prefecture's vision for regional development utilizing the Linear Line. They will establish a working-level study meeting to discuss specific details of the collaboration.

President Niwa also reported that the borehole survey on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the Southern Alps Tunnel, which has been suspended since October 2023 due to equipment maintenance, will be resumed on May 20. Heita Kawakatsu, governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, had requested that the boring be stopped 300 meters before the prefectural border.

Governor Nagasaki stressed that there is no need to discuss the construction work in Yamanashi Prefecture with Shizuoka Prefecture and that it should proceed as soon as possible, and said, “We would like to cooperate and play the role we should play for the early opening of the Linear Line.

Yamanashi Prefecture's “Linear Yamanashi Vision,” with which the two parties are considering collaboration, includes a clustering of companies with cutting-edge technology and other businesses as a site for demonstration tests. The two parties agreed to study the design and design of the Yamanashi Station (tentative name) to be established in Kofu City in line with the prefecture's vision.

Info based on translated Japanese Media news. Source: https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC ... 4A5000000/ Accessed 2025-05-07