This Central Japan Railway hand out picture shows the company's seven-car maglev -- short for "magnetic levitation" -- train setting a new world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji, clocking more than 600 kilometers an hour on April 21, 2015. The new record came less than a week after the company clocked 590kph, by breaking its own 2003 record of 581 kph. AFP PHOTO
TOKYO: Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record Tuesday in a test run near Mount Fuji, smashing through the 600 kilometers per hour mark, as Tokyo races to sell the technology abroad.