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Snow delays bullet trains, air services

Snow that has fallen since Saturday across a wide area of the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago forced delays in Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains and flights at Sendai airport Sunday, railway and airport officials. A total of 29 Tokaido Shinkansen... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sun, Feb 10 2008

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