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KYODO, JIJI
There were calls for security checks to be instituted on users of bullet trains nationwide after a self-immolation on Tuesday left the perpetrator and one other passenger dead, and two people seriously injured. Japan does not currently inspect baggage taken aboard shinkansen, which move huge numbers of people with timings that do not allow for any delays.
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