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7 die, 1,000 hurt in heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo
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The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least seven dead and more than 1,000 injured across the country, reports said yesterday.
As much as 27 centimeters of snow was recorded in Tokyo by late Saturday, the heaviest fall in the capital for 45 years, meteorologists said.
The storm hit Tokyo on the eve of its governor election. Observers say the heavy snowfall may hit voter turnout in the city of 13 million people.
As a depression moved along the Pacific coast on Saturday, the northeastern city of Sendai saw 35 centimeters of snow, the heaviest in 78 years.
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