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YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AP) — Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in cars as they faced shortages of water and fuel and punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-related illness.
A large earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings in the region.
TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, leaving many presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall, thousands of houses without power and factories suspended.
Chicago White Sox star Munetaka Murakami ‘devastated’ by news of earthquake in his Japanese hometown
Chicago White Sox star Munetaka Murakami addressed the news of an earthquake in his hometown in Japan after a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees.
A world-class early warning system alerts the public after an initial seismic wave, and autonomously cuts power to trains, elevators and industrial equipment.
Russia’s Far East sets off tsunami warnings in Japan, Alaska and Hawaii