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Rescuers on Tuesday pulled three survivors and more bodies from the wreckage of a Japanese train as the death toll rose to 76, with a new derailment raising fresh safety concerns…
Death toll from Japanese train disaster reaches 71
Rescuers were working through the night on Monday in a desperate search for survivors after at least 71 people were killed when a packed morning commuter train smashed into an…
Probe starts into horror Japanese train crash
A packed commuter train jumped the tracks in western Japan on Monday and hurtled into an apartment complex, killing 54 people and injuring more than 417 others. Investigators are…
Sleepy town becomes a scene of horror
The blue-striped carriage lay wrapped around the edge of a nine-floor apartment building like a discarded sheet of plastic. Two other railway carriages were lodged underneath and…
Many killed in train smash in Japan
At least 53 people were killed and more than 400 people injured on Monday when a commuter train derailed and smashed into an apartment building in western Japan, firefighters…