Some routine returns in quake-hit Japan
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unable to pull off a second miracle for his sister, but some small signs of normal life have returned to the quake-hit region. Minagawa, though they had detected no signs of life.
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Japan resumed rescue efforts at first light on Monday as aftershocks rattled the area where the country's deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 23 people and injured more than 2,000 at the weekend.
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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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NAGAOKA, JAPAN - An earthquake shook Japan on Wednesday as rescuers dug out members of a family buried alive during a weekend earthquake.
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OJIYA: Some 100,000 weary survivors of Japan&#39;s deadliest earthquake in a decade have bedded down for a third night in makeshift shelters or slept outside as a series of strong aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Thousands of weary survivors of  Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade prepared for a third  tense night in makeshift shelters and outside as rain  threatened and aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the  Richter scale jolted eastern Japan including Tokyo late on  Wednesday, but there were no reports of serious injuries or  major damage.
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Local residents take refuge outdoors after a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct, 24, 2004. A series of powerful earthquakes, one measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, rocked northwestern Japan Saturday evening.
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TOKYO - More strong aftershocks jolted central Japan on Monday after thousands spent a night in shelters following the countryâs deadliest quake in nearly a decade that left 24 people dead, officials said.
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Nearly one million people across Japan have taken part in drills to prepare for a major earthquake, in an annual exercise joined for the first time by US and South Korean authorities.
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A moderate earthquake shook western Japan  on Tuesday, two days after over 40 people were injured when two  strong quakes hit the region.
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Japan&#39;s central and western regions were shaken by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, following two strong temblors that hit the area on Sunday.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude 5.8 jolted northern Japan on Monday, public  broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 11:16 a.m. (9:16 p.m. EST),  was also felt in Tokyo.
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Residents of western Japan were warned of  possible aftershocks on Monday after two strong earthquakes the  previous day but authorities said the tremors were not directly  linked to a cycle of major seismic activity that hits the  region every century or so.
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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  - Thousands of weary and frightened  residents of northern Japan were spending a second night in  shelters, cars or in the open on Sunday after Japan's deadliest  earthquake in nine years killed at least 21 people.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Japan resumed rescue efforts at  first light on Monday as aftershocks rattled the area where the  country's deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 23  people and injured more than 2,000 at the weekend.