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Shinkansen derailment

DAISEN, Japan - A Japan Transport Safety Board inspector examines the area around a wheel of a bullet train in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 3, 2013, that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line the previous day.

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Shinkansen derailment

DAISEN, Japan - Work is under way in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 3, 2013, to restore a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line the previous day.

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Shinkansen derailment

DAISEN, Japan - Passengers walk to buses in the snow in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, past 10 p.m. on March 2, 2013, after getting off a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line around six hours earlier.

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Shinkansen derailment

DAISEN, Japan - Passengers walk to buses in the snow in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, past 10 p.m. on March 2, 2013, after getting off a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line around six hours earlier.

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Shinkansen train derails

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows the front car of a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 2, 2013. The accident took place on a snowy branch line which shares a regular track with other trains in northeastern Japan. No one was injured in the incident.

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Shinkansen train derails

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows the front car of a bullet train that derailed on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 2, 2013. The accident took place on a snowy branch line which shares a regular track with other trains in northeastern Japan. No one was injured in the incident.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - A train of West Japan Railway Co. is stranded in heavy snow on the track of the Sanin Line in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.