Crack Found on Saturday's Shinkansen Bullet Train Between Tokyo and Osaka

A window crack on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka forced a temporary slowdown, the operator said late Saturday. A steel plate from communication devices inside a tunnel in central Japan reportedly came loose and struck the window of the No. 16 car on the Nozomi 317 train on Saturday morning, according to the railway company. Operations for the Tokaido Shinkansen line continued...

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