Evacuation area construction begins at JR Shin-Okubo Station

Evacuation area construction begins at JR Shin-Okubo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. men begin work early on the morning of June 21 to construct emergency evacuation areas under the platforms of Shin-Okubo Station following an accident in January in which three people, including a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer, were killed.

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