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Japan wants to build a 500km underground conveyor belt to transport freight

It would run between Tokyo and Osaka, carrying the same amount of cargo every day as 25,000 trucks. It would have 3 main benefits, reducing traffic congestion, cutting transport emissions and tackling Japan’s growing labour shortage.

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