Many areas across the country, mainly along the Sea of Japan from Hokkaido to the Kinki region, saw heavy snow Monday because of a strong wintertime low-pressure pattern.
Heavy snow repeatedly caused power outages on the Tokaido Shinkansen line between Gifu-Hashima and Maibara stations after heavy snow felled a tree over the Shinkansen line's overhead wires shortly after 9 a.m.
Tokyo-bound train operations were suspended between Shin-Osaka and Maibara while Shin-Osaka-bound train operations also were temporarily halted between Tokyo and Gifu-Hashima, JR officials said.
Though the Shinkansen runs resumed at 11:18 a.m., bullet trains continued running at reduced speed, the officials said. (Yomiuri)
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