Koizumi Surveys Japan&#39;s Earthquake Damage
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation&#39;s deadliest earthquakes in nearly a decade killed 31 people and injured as many as 2,900.
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With candles and prayers, songs and moments of silence, Japan on Monday mournfully marked the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that ripped through the port city of Kobe, killing nearly 6,500 people and demonstrating the vulnerability of modern metropolises to natural disasters.
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Japanese authorities and residents of Tokyo should bolster preparations for a major earthquake that could hit the capital and kill thousands of people, the head of a government earthquake panel said on Wednesday.
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Nuclear leaks after Japan's July 16 earthquake awaken insecurities
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A strong aftershock measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted north Japan&#39;s Niigata Prefecture Monday morning, leading the death toll from the three major quakes that hit the
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he wants Japan&#39;s economy to recover ``at a steady pace&#39;&#39; as the central bank released redesigned Japanese bank notes for the first time in 20 years.
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At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours
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A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks struck northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and reportedly injuring more than 900 as buildings crumbled, a
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A conference on natural disasters opens in Japan with calls on the world to learn from the Asian tsunami.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - A strong earthquake with a  preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on  Wednesday, in the same region where a major quake killed at  least 31 people and injured more than 3,400 five days ago.
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OJIYA, Japan  - A powerful earthquake and strong  aftershocks rocked northern Japan, killing at least 10 people,  injuring more than 500 and knocking out power and phone  services, media said.
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A Monday-morning earthquake that registered 6.8 on the Richter scale is causing trouble with communications across Japan.
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An earthquake in Ojiya in the Niigata province in Northern Japan measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and shook Tokyo, Japan&#39;s capital, 256km to the south.
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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan&#39;s main northern island of Hokkaido early Monday. Authorities say at least 13 people were injured.
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The focus of the initial quake was in the Niigata prefecture, some 150 miles north of Tokyo. The jolts, including aftershocks of magnitude up to 6.3 on the Richter scale, were also felt strongly in the capital.
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At least 18 people are believed dead and more than 14 hundred injured from an unprecedented series of powerful earthquakes in northern Japan.