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Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

BBC News World · 20 August 2026 at 07:02

Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.

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Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

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