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Japan: 4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo.

Aug 21, 2026

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Video taken on Aug. 20, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Spacia X express train bound for Tokyo parked at Tobu Nikko Line Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hitting four workers who were on the tracks to remove weeds. The four were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead. None of the crew or passengers was injured. (Kyodo) [RESTRICTIONS: NO SALES IN JAPAN]
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