Snow fell in and around Tokyo from Monday night through early Tuesday and stuck for the first time this season, disrupting rail and road traffic and causing people to injure themselves in falls.
As of 10 a.m., 53 people had been taken to hospitals by ambulance in Tokyo, the fire department said.
East Japan Railway Co. temporarily suspended some services on the Hachiko Line linking Hachioji in western Tokyo with the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, as ice-covered wires failed to transmit electricity to trains at Hachioji Station.
Trains on the Togane Line in Chiba Prefecture came to a halt due to pantograph problems, while those on the Keiyo Line that links the Tokyo terminal station with the city of Chiba were suspended due to switch point troubles at a rail yard in Chiba. (Japan Times)
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