A snake about 40 centimeters long was found on a shinkansen bullet train after it had arrived at Tokyo Station on Tuesday afternoon, causing a brief delay in the service. The snake was seen by a passenger on a Tokaido Shinkansen Line’s Kodama train that had departed Nagoya in central Japan as it pulled into the terminus station. Passengers are banned from bringing snakes on board, and railway operator Central Japan Railway Co. is investigating the matter. A member of staff of the railway operator, commonly known as JR Central, captured the snake and handed it to local authorities, according to…