A joint government-private sector project is under way to develop passenger jets with the ultimate goal of commercial production.
The project is effectively the first attempt in more than four decades to fly a Japan-made passenger aircraft to crack into the world's commercial aircraft market long dominated by Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
Still, those involved in the project say actual commercial production, if realized, is years away.
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