Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

OGORI, Japan - Photo shows an 8-kilogram piece of mortar found Dec. 1 on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet-train tracks inside a tunnel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tunnel inspectors found the fragment, which had apparently fallen from a 3-meter-high wall in the tunnel between Shin-Shimonoseki and Asa stations. No accidents were reported immediately. (Kyodo)

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