Snow blankets Tokyo, vicinity

Snow blankets Tokyo, vicinity

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians negotiate a sidewalk covered with snow near the Diet in central Tokyo on Jan. 27. Snow slowed air, rail and road traffic in the capital and its vicinity, causing cancellations of domestic flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport and suspension of train services on several Japan Railway lines.

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