Part of body found in wreckage of derailed train in Yamagata

Part of body found in wreckage of derailed train in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa lays flowers on Dec. 27 after visiting the site in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, where an express train derailed on Dec. 25. Rescuers found part of a human body on Dec. 27 in the wreckage of the train, bringing the death toll to five.

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