That's for the full route to Osaka, the section to Nagoya is scheduled to be finished by 2027 (which is still a major city, and will probably cut overall travel

That's for the full route to Osaka, the section to Nagoya is scheduled to be finished by 2027 (which is still a major city, and will probably cut overall travel times, especially if they schedule for quick transfers to the existing Tokaido Shinkansen). Apparently they're also trying to get a demonstration service running from Tokyo to Kofu by 2020 for the Olympics, although I don't know how optimistic that is.