There lies the Strait nearly 200 kilometers wide between the Japanese Archipelago and Korean Peninsula, which are both located in the Eurasian Continent. The regions surrounding the Strait are densely populated and highly developed economically.

　A project of "Japan-Korea Tunnel" is such that a submarine tunnel will be built to connect Japan to Korea, going through the two islands, Iki and Tsushima.　"Japan-Korea Tunnel" is designed to serve the multi-purpose of providing a traffic system running rapid trains, as well as transport networks of the energy, information and a variety of resources between Japan and Korea.

　"Japan-Korea Tunnel" is, when constructed, to create a new transportation means of an overland traffic in addition to both ocean-going and air transports on which passenger and freight traffics between our two countries have to date depended. Implementation of the project will contribute to establishing a stabilized transport system between Japan and Korea by transferring a substantial part of passengers and freights from conventional transport facilities to a new overland transport system.

　　The construction of "Japan-Korea Tunnel" will further facilitate bilateral exchanges, personal, economic and cultural, while putting both countries' technological and industrial levels on an equal footing, thereby ultimately bringing about an equitable prosperity in Asia.
"Japan-Korea Tunnel" will become a main artery mutually communicating the neighboring two countries, and is expected to function in future as a main artery in the Eurasian Continent connecting not only the whole Asia but also the European Continent.　(日本語の原文を見る）