Partial lifting of evacuation order fails to bring life back to Futaba
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New Shinkansen adds 18 km to ‘longest one-way train trip’
October 4, 2022 OMURA, Nagasaki Prefecture--The newly opened Shin-Omura Station here has been thrust into the spotlight among rail buffs as the new final stop on the “longest one-way train trip” in Japan.No memorial for Abe at Nara site where he was shot dead
October 4, 2022 NARA--No memorial will be erected to mark the spot where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death while campaigning here in July for the Upper House election.
TRAINS SUSPENDED
North Korea fires missile over Japan; some residents warned to take cover
October 4, 2022 SEOUL/TOKYO--Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.
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