Blizzards slow bullet trains

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Nosu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 21 shows a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train going slow, as snow and strong winds hit wide areas in northeastern and western Japan along the Sea of Japan. The Meteorological Agency said Jan. 21 lived up to its billing as ''daikan,'' the coldest day of the year, bringing with it a cold front which enveloped the Sea of Japan coast from the Sanin region in western Japan to the northern Japanese region, as well as the Hokuriku region and the mountainous central Honshu region.