Koizumi visits quake-damaged northern Japan; death toll rises to ...
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walked along crumbled mountain roads Tuesday to inspect collapsed homes and speak to survivors Tuesday as he surveyed the damage inflicted by Japan&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nearly a decade.
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NAGAOKA, Japan A powerful earthquake jolted northern Japan on Wednesday in the same region where the country&#39;s deadliest quake in a decade killed at least 31 people and injured more than 3,400 five days ago.
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A strong earthquake rocked northern Japan today near the area where the countryâs deadliest quake in a decade struck last month.
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A strong earthquake rocked northern Japan on Monday near the area where the country&#39;s deadliest quake in a decade struck last month.
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The death toll from a tropical storm buffeting Japan rose today to 14 after searchers found more victims, including two men buried inside their homes beneath mud and debris that had barreled down a mountainside.
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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 prefecture Saturday to reach 24, with more than 2,000 injured.
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Tokyo - Still reeling from a 6.8-level earthquake, Japan&#39;s northwestern Niigata prefecture was hit by another strong quake on Sunday afternoon measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale as the death toll from the previous hours rose to at least 22.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade as the death toll jumped to 31.
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OJIYA, Japan  - A powerful earthquake and strong  aftershocks rocked northern Japan, killing at least 14 people,  injuring more than 700 and knocking out power and phone  services to at least 278,000 homes, media said.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Thousands of weary and frightened  residents in northern Japan were spending a second night in  shelters, cars or in the open Sunday after Japan's deadliest  earthquake in nine years killed at least 21 people.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday he is considering visiting areas in Niigata Prefecture hit Saturday by powerful earthquakes that killed at least 25 people and injured over 2,100.
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Strong aftershocks rocked northern Japan on Sunday, after a barrage of powerful quakes jolted the region the day before, killing at least 14 people and toppling buildings.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on Wednesday, national  broadcaster NHK said. The quake was also felt in Tokyo.
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TOKYO Nov 7, 2004 - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked northern Japan on Monday, injuring at least eight people, near the area where the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in years struck last month.
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A strong earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 200 and flattening houses, Japanese media and officials said.
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): At least 17 people were killed and up to 1,000 injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for 12 hours, according to reports here on Sunday afternoon.
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A series of earthquakes, the largest measuring 6.8 on the Japanese scale, have hit northern Japan, killing at least four people and injuring more than 400.