By TOSHIKI HORIGOME/ Senior Staff Writer
June 6, 2023 at 07:00 JST
A potato cargo train departs during a ceremony at Obihiro Freight Station in Obihiro, Hokkaido, in September 2022. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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