Dozens of schools canceled afternoon classes Friday in response to an emailed bomb threat sent to the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education warning that explosions would occur at 3:34 p.m.
The threat, sent Wednesday, said, "lethal bombs made from pressure cookers have been planted at more than one elementary school in Tokyo."
No explosions had been reported by Friday evening.
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