Bullet trains fight snowfalls

Bullet trains fight snowfalls

NAGOYA, Japan - A worker removes snow stuck to the JR Shinkansen bullet train that arrived at Nagoya Station on the morning of Feb. 17. Heavy snowfalls that blanketed wide areas of Japan began to ebb Feb. 17 but continued to delay air and railway services.

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