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An express train traveling through strong winds derailed Sunday in northern Japan, killing four people and injuring more than 30, officials said. Five cars of the six-car express train derailed, and three cars toppled onto their sides in Yamagata prefecture, about 180 miles north of Tokyo. Authorities don’t know how fast the train was traveling. There had been high wind warnings for the area.