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Four railway workers killed by train in Japan

Published 20 August 2026

Four railway workers were killed Thursday when an express train struck them as they performed track maintenance at ShinKanuma Station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. The fatal collision occurred at approximately 10:45 a.m.

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