Japan tests next-generation Shinkansen bullet train

    TOKYO -- A prototype of Japan's next-generation Shinkansen bullet train, set to be the fastest train on wheels when it enters service, reached speeds of 320 kilometers (198 miles) per hour on a test run Thursday. The train, code-named ALFA-X, will eventually hit 360 kilometers per hour when it begins to take passengers in about a decade, according to East Japan Railway. Production of the 10-car train with a long nose-shaped head finished in early May at a cost of 10 billion yen ($91 million). Thursday's trial run between Sendai and Morioka, two cities in northern Japan, was the first open to the media since tests started last week. "We successfully con...

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