A concrete block weighing about 500 kg fell from a bridge on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, West Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Tue, May 13 2008
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