New Year holiday exodus peaks in Japan

New Year holiday exodus peaks in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People board a shinkansen bullet train at Shin-Osaka Station, in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014, leaving for their hometowns to spend the year-end and New Year holidays.

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