17 dead or missing, hundreds hurt in Japan's deadliest quakes in decade
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Japan was on edge after powerful earthquakes left 17 people dead or missing, injured hundreds and derailed a bullet train for the first time in history, within days of the country's worst typhoon in a quarter century.
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Twenty-five people were confirmed dead and 43 missing as of 5 am after typhoon Tokage passed through Japan, NHK television said on its Web site.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Dozens of aftershocks shook  northern Japan on Sunday after the country's deadliest  earthquake in nine years killed at least 18 people and injured  some 1,400 as houses collapsed, roads crumbled and rail tracks  buckled.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - More than 100,000 exhausted  survivors of Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade huddled  in makeshift shelters for a third day on Tuesday as rain  threatened to trigger more landslides and hamper rescue  efforts.
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At least 17 people were killed, over 130 injured and more than 300 homes destroyed Friday when an earthquake hit a town in Indonesia&#39;s Papua province for the second time in nine months, officials said.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, injuring more than 190 people, destroying houses and sparking a fire at a nuclear power plant, Japanese media and officials said.
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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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The death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes in central Japan has reached 18, with more than 800 injured. The biggest quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Military helicopters evacuated earthquake victims from a wrecked village and traumatized residents huddled in shelters and salvaged belongings from flattened homes Sunday in the aftermath of a string of earthquakes in northern Japan that killed at least 16 people and injured a reported 900 others.
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Aftershocks shook central Japan Monday as the death toll from Saturday&#39;s earthquakes rose to 25, with more than 21,000 injured.
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Aftershocks continued in northwest Japan after a series of earthquakes killed 21 and injured 1,800, forcing thousands more to seek shelter in the deadliest temblor since 1995.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Dozens of aftershocks shook  northern Japan on Sunday after a powerful earthquake killed at  least 17 people and injured nearly 1,000 as houses collapsed  and landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds.
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The toll from a severe earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island last week has risen to 17 dead and 88 injured, a health ministry official said on Saturday.
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At least four people were killed andmore than 200 others injured in a series of powerful earthquakes in northwestern Japan, mainly in the Niigata Prefecture, on 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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Japan has resumed rescue efforts following the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years. Saturday&#39;s quake and its aftershocks left 24 people dead and over 2,000 injured.
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Dozens of aftershocks have shaken northern Japan on Sunday after the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 18 people and injured some 1,400