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Central Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has temporarily halted construction work on a new high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya after water and bubbles appeared from the ground in a residential garden near a tunnel digging site in western Tokyo. The residence in Machida is near a site where excavation is being carried out over 40 meters beneath the surface to build a tunnel for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen project. The construction company reported to JR Central on Oct. 22 that a resident noticed water coming to the surface, which was later confirmed by an official of the rail…

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