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Expressway interchange congested due to snow

IWAKUNI, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2026, shows traffic congestion at the Sanyo Expressway interchange in Iwakuni in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, due to heavy snow the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Expressway interchange congested due to snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2026, shows traffic congestion at the Sanyo Expressway interchange in Iwakuni in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, due to heavy snow the previous day.

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Japan: Cars Drive Through Smoke-Filled Tunnel After Fire On Expressway

A car fire erupted inside a tunnel on Sanyo Expressway in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan on Saturday, August 10 filing the tunnel with smoke and shutting down the highway for both directions for hours. There was heavy traffic on the highway at the the time as it was the first day of Bon holidays. No injuries were reported.

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1 killed, 20 injured as bus overturns in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A bus, which overturned after being hit by a truck from behind, remains on the roadside of the Sanyo Expressway in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 8. One passenger was killed and 20 others were injured in the accident.

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Death toll from Typhoon Nabi rises to 9, 14 missing

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - The Sanyo Expressway in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is seen cut out by landslides caused by Typhoon Nabi on Sept. 7. The death toll from the typhoon rose to nine, with 14 people missing mainly in western and southwestern Japan.

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5 feared killed, 22 injured in multiple collisions in tunnel

KOBE, Japan - A gutted car and a truck lie in a tunnel on the Sanyo Expressway in Ako, Hyodo Prefecture, after a multiple collisions on Aug. 7 Three people were killed, two children feared dead, and 22 others were injured, police said. (Pool photo)

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Six-year-old girl rescued unhurt in long ordeal

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A six-year-old girl, who had been held a knife-wielding 17-year-old hijacker of a highway express bus, is rescued safe at a service area on the Sanyo Expressway in Higashi-Hiroshima early on May 4. The photo shows the girl being carried in the arms of a police officer. She had been taking her first bus trip alone to visit her grandmother.

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Hijacked bus stops at parking lot in Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An expressway bus hijacked by a knife-wielding man in Kyushu stops at a parking lot on the Sanyo Expressway in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, shortly before 6 p.m. on May 3. Police blocked the expressway to lead the bus into the parking lot and were negotiating with the hijacker, believed to be in his late teens, in the evening. The bus was hijacked at around 1:30 p.m. the same day en route from Saga to Fukuoka and was heading eastward before coming to a stop.

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Hijacked bus stops at parking lot in Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An expressway bus hijacked by a knife-wielding man in Kyushu stops at a parking lot on the Sanyo Expressway in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, shortly before 6 p.m. on May 3. Police blocked the expressway to lead the bus into the parking lot and were negotiating with the hijacker, believed to be in his late teens, in the evening. The bus was hijacked at around 1:30 p.m. the same day en route from Saga to Fukuoka and was heading eastward before coming to a stop.

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2 dead, over 60 injured in pileup in Hiroshima tunnel

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a tunnel on the Sanyo Expressway in Hiroshima, western Japan on March 17, 2016. A pileup inside the tunnel left at least two dead and over 60 others injured, police and firefighters said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death toll from Typhoon Nabi rises to 9, 14 missing

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - The Sanyo Expressway in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is seen cut out by landslides caused by Typhoon Nabi on Sept. 7. The death toll from the typhoon rose to nine, with 14 people missing mainly in western and southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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1 killed, 20 injured as bus overturns in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A bus, which overturned after being hit by a truck from behind, remains on the roadside of the Sanyo Expressway in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 8. One passenger was killed and 20 others were injured in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Pileup involving 40 vehicles occurs in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo shows the scene of a pileup involving about 40 vehicles on the Sanyo Expressway in Hiroshima City on Dec. 31, 2009. The 8:10 a.m. accident and heavy snow in the vicinity caused the expressway, connecting Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and roads connecting to it in these prefectures to be closed for about five hours. (Photo courtesy of Hiroshima Prefectural Police) (Kyodo)

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5 feared killed, 22 injured in multiple collisions in tunnel

KOBE, Japan - A gutted car and a truck lie in a tunnel on the Sanyo Expressway in Ako, Hyodo Prefecture, after a multiple collisions on Aug. 7 Three people were killed, two children feared dead, and 22 others were injured, police said. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Six-year-old girl rescued unhurt in long ordeal

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A six-year-old girl, who had been held a knife-wielding 17-year-old hijacker of a highway express bus, is rescued safe at a service area on the Sanyo Expressway in Higashi-Hiroshima early on May 4. The photo shows the girl being carried in the arms of a police officer. She had been taking her first bus trip alone to visit her grandmother.