TOKYO — Gov. Wes Moore launched into a weeklong trade mission in Japan and South Korea on Saturday at 311 miles per hour.
Riding a test version of a high-speed magnetic levitation train that both Japanese and Maryland officials have long sought to bring to the United States, the Democratic governor kicked off a packed schedule of meetings with Asian businesses, diplomats and Marylanders abroad.
“I can explain, I think, the feeling of our entire delegation with one word. And that’s ‘Wow,’” Moore told his Japanese hosts after he and two dozen other Maryland officials and private sector leaders finished riding and viewing the fastest train in the world.
Moore’s first major international economic development trip arrives at an extraordinary moment — for both the state and country he represents, and for his own time in office.
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