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A train on a busy Tokyo line was temporarily stopped Sunday evening after a passenger reported seeing what appeared to be a snake on board. The counter-clockwise service on the JR Yamanote Line, which loops around the capital, was brought to a halt at Komagome Station after a passenger who got off at Shibuya Station reported spotting “a small animal like a snake” to staff. A search was conducted for around 15 minutes, but no such animal was found. The service resumed at around 6 p.m., about an hour after the report was made. Another passenger said they saw a small animal “escape into the heate…

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