Tokyo workers head home early to avoid transport disruption from heavy snow

Record ID: 1764726

  • Title: Tokyo workers head home early to avoid transport disruption from heavy snow
  • Date: 5th February 2024
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 5, 2024) (REUTERS) SNOW FALLING WITH BACKDROP OF TOKYO TOWER OBSERVATION DECK OF TOKYO TOWER HEAVY SNOWFALL VARIOUS OF PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON STREET WITH UMBRELLA DURING SNOWFALL (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 54-YEAR-OLD RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KUMIKO KISHI, SAYING: “I expected this much snowfall and today I finished work early, so I decid
  • Embargoed: 19th February 2024 09:06
  • Keywords: Japan Tokyo commuters heavy snow train transportation weather
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001773805022024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Many commuters in Tokyo headed home early on Monday (February 5) to avoid transport disruptions as the Japanese capital issued heavy snowfall warning for the first time this year.
    Around 3 p.m. local time (0600 GMT), office workers were seen rushing to a train station in central Tokyo. "I want to go home early while I still can,” said one office worker, Ritsu Moto.
    According to Japan’s Meteorological Agency, heavy snow is expected in the greater Tokyo area from Monday afternoon to Tuesday (February 6).
    Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported that 46 flights to and from Haneda were cancelled by Japan Airlines, and 30 flights halted by All Nippon Airways.
    (Production: Irene Wang)
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