THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 20, 2024 at 16:46 JST
Crowds wait at 10:32 a.m. by the entrance gate in JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, for the operation of the Shinkansen to resume on Sept. 19. (Miya Yoshimura)
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