(2) Heavy snowfall causes accidents across Japan

(2) Heavy snowfall causes accidents across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People walk in heavy snow Jan. 5 in front of JR Toyama Station in Toyama city, central Japan. In Toyama Prefecture, a 65-year-old woman mistakenly drove her car onto snow-covered railway tracks and was hit by an Osaka-bound express train from Sapporo, but no one was injured.

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