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    This video is frightening. The earth breathing!

    https://twitter.com/mmmin726/status/...an-quake-video

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    Through bitter cold and heavy rain, rescuers are searching the rubble of collapsed homes in western Japan in hopes of finding survivors of this week’s earthquake.

    The magnitude-7.6 earthquake on Monday rocked Ishikawa prefecture and the surrounding area, toppling thousands of buildings, sparking fires and setting off tsunami warnings.

    At least 77 people are known to have died, with the toll expected to climb as rescuers battle aftershocks and poor weather to comb through rubble.

    Of the deaths, 39 were counted in Wajima city, while 23 people died in Suzu, according to authorities. The other deaths were reported in five neighbouring towns.

    The list of those missing has grown from 15 to 35 people, including a 13-year-old boy.

    Nearly 600 tremors have now hit the peninsula, raising fears of landslides and further damage to infrastructure.

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    Edit: Death toll in central Japan quake rises to 78
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    The death toll has risen to 81 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa and 51 were still missing as of Thursday afternoon after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, amid ongoing rescue efforts nearly three days after the disaster.

    With many running out of food and water supplies in affected areas, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on Thursday that a transport ship carrying food and essential supplies was set to arrive at either Wajima port or Nanao port in Ishikawa prefecture by Friday evening.

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged officials to mobilize all available resources to maximize life-saving efforts and lifeline supply within the first 72 hours of the disaster at a meeting of the emergency disaster response headquarters on Thursday.

    The first 72 hours after earthquakes are especially critical for rescues because the prospects for survival greatly diminish after that, experts say.

    "By this evening, marking the passage of 72 hours since the disaster, I urge everyone on the ground to work with full dedication to save as many lives as possible," he said.

    With time running out to find survivors before the 72-hour window closes, many were still believed to be trapped under rubble in the hard-hit coastal city of Wajima, where 44 deaths were confirmed so far, the national news agency Kyodo reported.

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    Japan’s cabinet will approve next week the use of its reserved funds to cover damages from this week’s massive earthquake in its west, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday.

    The figure to be considered at Tuesday’s meeting would be about double the roughly 2 billion yen ($13.95 million) deployed in each of similar past disasters, from earthquakes to heavy rains, Kishida said in reply to a query.

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    AMDA - has been carrying out relief work in response to the earthquake that struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula on the western coast on 1 January. The updates are as follows:

    At 19:30 on 2 January, the AMDA team arrived at the Ishikawa Prefectural Government’s health-and-welfare coordination headquarters that was set up to handle medical-related matters for this quake disaster.

    On 3 January, after taking part in the briefing session at the aforementioned headquarters, the team left for the Noto General Hospital, the medical-relief hub on the peninsula. Although the team had to make a detour due to road blockades, the team arrived at Wajima Hospital on the Peninsula in Wajima, also in Ishikawa Prefecture, at around 17:30. Upon arrival, AMDA’s relief team assessed the situation on the ground.

    Today (4 January), the team is expected to decide the target activity location in the city of Wajima based on the information concerning local evacuation shelters. In the afternoon, the team will be joined by one doctor, one nurse, and one coordinator from Suwa Central Hospital in Nagano Prefecture, one of AMDA’s partner institutions.

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    • Japan earthquake: What is happening at affected areas (Day 4)


    Many households in Ishikawa remain without water or electricity and more than 30,000 people are in evacuation centers after a major earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula. Some roads have been cut, obstructing delivery of relief supplies.

    Evacuees in Ishikawa Prefecture

    About 33,000 people were in 335 evacuation centers as of 3 p.m. Wednesday.

    Food running out at evacuation centers

    Noto Town

    The Noto Junior high school center ran out of food on the night of January 2. Power and water outages continue.

    On January 3, the government distributed bread and porridge provided by private businesses. The town says many people had returned to their hometown for the year-end and New Year holiday, so the number of evacuees exceeded expectations and food stockpiles were insufficient.

    A man in his 20s said he was returning to his parents' home. "I'm worried about what will happen if the weather worsens and no supplies are delivered," he added.

    Centers getting help from residents

    Suzu City

    Evacuation centers in the city are getting help from residents. Evacuees are bringing water, vegetables, and other items from their damaged homes to cope with water and food shortages.

    About 800 people have taken refuge in Takaratsu Elementary and Junior High School in Takaratsu Town, where severe earthquake damage included collapsed houses.

    People are sharing sweets and eating cup noodles distributed by nearby stores. They are also getting drinking water from shops in the area.

    In the midst of their own crisis, some residents made enough pork soup to serve 800 people.

    Blankets, but no food

    Wajima City

    At an evacuation center set up at Wajima Junior High School, Self-Defense Forces arrived on January 2 with blankets, but people are left with nothing to eat. Some are returning to their homes during the day to get food.

    A city official says about 1,000 residents had taken refuge in the center as of Wednesday morning.

    A man in his 70s who evacuated with his grandson said, "I have nothing to eat. We are eating sweet bread and biscuits from home to quench our hunger."

    A man in his 40s was in the city to spend time with his parents. He said he went back to his parents' home to get futon mattresses to sleep on as he has back problems and lying directly on the floor chills his body.

    Much more in the Day 4 link above

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    The Foreign Ministry stated on Thursday that Taiwan will donate 60 million Japanese Yen (US$417,000) to aid in rescue and post-disaster reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake that struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan on Monday

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    His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife’s body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher.

    He wiped his weary face with a rag. His eyes were red.

    This scene in the city of Suzu was tragically repeated across Ishikawa Prefecture and nearby regions on the western coastline of Japan after Monday’s 7.6 magnitude temblor that decimated houses, twisted and scarred roads and scattered boats like toys in the waters, and prompted tsunami warnings.

    The death toll stood at 84 people as of Thursday.

    Ishikawa officials said 48 of those who died were in the city of Wajima and 23 were in Suzu. The 13 others were reported in five neighboring towns. More than 300 people have been injured, at least 26 seriously.

    Late Thursday, officials said 179 were still missing, releasing a list with their names. Many of them are elderly and from the hard-hit cities of Wajima and Suzu.

    What exacerbated matters was people visiting to ring in the new year with their loved ones when the quake hit.

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    Rescuers pulled a woman in her 80s from the ruins of her home three days after Japan was hit by an earthquake.

    The rescue in the town of Wajima comes as emergency workers race to find survivors.

    Search Dog 'Jennifer' Finds Elderly Woman Trapped after Powerful Quake
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    The number of deaths from a devastating earthquake in central Japan rose to 92 on Friday, regional authorites said, with the number of missing jumping to 242.

    Hope for finding additional survivors was fading more than 72 hours after the massive shockwave, which triggered landslides, a major fire and a tsunami more than a metre high.

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    On January 1, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 7 km north-northwest of Suzu, located on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It was followed by a tragically high number of casualties and property damage. However, one of the properties with significance related to the Japanese Manga culture and entertainment has been grabbing headlines. Manga are comics or graphic novels that originated in Japan. Most manga conforms to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history rooted in earlier Japanese art as well as contemporary pop culture.

    The tragedy was in the news on January 2, 2024, after Hokkoku Shimbun news reported the destruction of the Go Nagai Wonderland Museum, dedicated to the renowned Devilman Mangaka, due to a fire believed to be caused by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on the New Year’s Day. Devilman Mangaka is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai.

    Photos from the Asahi Shimbun News have captured the current state of Wajima City’s Go Nagai Wonderland Museum. Visiting the location on January 2, Kobayashi documented the devastating aftermath of the fire that followed the earthquake.








    “In recent years, the museum had become a popular destination for anime fans, attracting more than 500,000 visitors annually before the pandemic,” informed The Japan News.

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    Earthquake Information (Japan) | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

    Jan. 5, 2024 - A magnitude 3.9 earthquake has struck.

    The quake registered an intensity of 3 on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7.


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    The Japanese government is making plans to cooperate with the American military on the response to the deadly earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day.

    The U.S. approached Japan with the offer to work with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces for relief efforts targeting quake-affected areas on Ishikawa prefecture's Noto Peninsula. The two sides still need to hammer out the details, including the start date.

    "A true friend shows up when times are good but more importantly when times are challenging," U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "The [U.S.] is here to support our friend and ally in its earthquake response. Military logistical support, food, and other supplies are being readied. We will stand with Japan every day forward and stand by their side on their path to recovery and rebuilding."

    Possibilities for cooperation include transporting relief supplies and displaced people. Other countries and regions have also offered assistance, but Japan plans to receive support from only the U.S. at this time.

    "U.S. Forces Japan is capable of self-sufficient activities," a senior Japanese government official said. "We will cooperate within the scope of the Self-Defense Forces' role."

    U.S. Department of Defense press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters in Washington on Thursday local time that "we remain in close communication with the government of Japan, and we do stand ready to aid in any way that would be most helpful to Japan."

    "I would say this could include support from U.S. forces who are stationed there who ... would be able to respond at a moment's notice," Ryder added, saying he could not go into specific details at this time.

    US military tapped to help with Japanese earthquake response, ambassador says | Stars and Stripes

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    A woman was pulled carefully from the rubble 72 hours after a series of powerful quakes started rattling Japan’s western coast. Despite rescue efforts, the death toll Friday grew to at least 94 people, and the number of missing was lowered to 222 after it shot up the previous day.

    An older man was found alive Wednesday in a collapsed home in Suzu, one of the hardest-hit cities in Ishikawa Prefecture. His daughter called out, “Dad, dad,” as a flock of firefighters got him out on a stretcher, praising him for holding on for so long after Monday’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake.

    Ishikawa officials said 55 of those who died were in the city of Wajima and 23 were in Suzu, while the others were reported in five neighboring towns. More than 460 people have been injured, at least 24 seriously.

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    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged the ministries and agencies concerned to do their utmost to rescue people on Friday although the 72-hour rescue window, when the survival rate is considered to drop off, has passed since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake occurred on Monday.

    At a meeting of the government’s Emergency Headquarters for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake held at the Prime Minister’s Office, Kishida said, “Please don’t give up rescue efforts though rescue operations are facing difficulties in some areas.” He added, “I want you to ask to carry out operations in persistent manner without failing to find people.”

    Kishida emphasized the need to start to secure housing for affected people as soon as possible and indicated his intention to accelerate preparations for constructing temporary and public housing for disaster survivors.

    Kishida also urged related ministries to deal with the preparation for the disposal of disaster waste, such as debris.

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    JANUARY 5, 2024

    In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Japan’s central region on New Year’s Day, the United States stands unwaveringly with our friend and ally, Japan. Recognizing the situation’s human urgency and the increasing toll on the affected communities, we have promptly responded to Japan’s acceptance of our offer of assistance.

    Our immediate $100,000 aid package through Peace Winds Japan is just the beginning of our support. It includes essential resources like blankets, water, and medical supplies. We understand that the challenges in Ishikawa Prefecture are significant, with access to the disaster-hit areas being severely hampered.

    Our commitment goes beyond this initial contribution, and we stand ready to provide additional support as needed and requested, in line with our deep-rooted alliance. The United States will continue to stand with Japan through the immediate response and the longer recovery and rebuild journey.

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    A coastline in Ishikawa Prefecture shifted about 250 meters in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck the central Japan prefecture on New Year's Day, a survey by the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute has found.

    The coastline moved toward the sea as a result of a ground elevation at a beach near the Kaiso fishing port in the city of Wajima, according to the survey.

    The ground was found to have risen by more than 3 meters in the 4-kilometer coastal area extending to the south from the port, where a ground rise of about 3.9 meters was observed.

    The survey was conducted by the institute's associate professor Tatsuya Ishiyama and others from Tuesday, covering the northwestern side of the Noto Peninsula.

    The survey also found that the Akasaki fishing port in the town of Shika was hit by an estimated 4.2-meter tsunami following the earthquake.

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    The Los Angeles Dodgers, along with their superstar new signing Shohei Ohtani, are making a large donation towards earthquake relief efforts in Ohtani’s home country of Japan.

    The Dodgers and Guggenheim Baseball are donating $1 million to support those affected by the 7.6 magnitude quake that struck in western Japan on New Year’s Day, the team said in a statement on social media.

    “Our thoughts are with all of Japan in the wake of this tragedy,” the team’s statement read.

    Ohtani is also making his own personal contribution, the Dodgers said, but exactly how much was not immediately disclosed.

    “I would like to thank those who have joined in the recovery effort, and my hope is that we continue to come together to support those whose lives have been upended,” Ohtani said in a statement released along with the team’s statement.

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    An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture at 5:26 a.m. Saturday, registering upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in Anamizu, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

    No tsunami is feared following the earthquake, agency officials said.

    Earthquake Information (Japan) | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News




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    Total insured losses from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, on the Noto peninsula off the west coast of the island of Honshu, are projected to reach $6.4 billion.

    Residential losses are anticipated to account for over two-thirds of this total, according to the high-resolution Karen Clark & Company (KCC) Japan Earthquake Reference Model.

    At approximately 16:10 JST (2:10 AM EST) on January 1, Japan was hit by a M7.5 earthquake 7 km north‐ northwest of Suzu on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. It was the largest earthquake since 2015, and the deadliest in the country since 2016.

    The earthquake was a result of shallow reverse faulting, which means that geological strata on one side of a fault plane are pushed up over the strata on the other side, KCC explained. Shallow earthquakes like this one tend to cause more damage than their deeper counterparts due to the proximity of the released energy to the Earth's surface — the earthquake had a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi), it noted.

    The Noto Peninsula, while a less seismically active region than the east coast of Japan, most recently was struck by an earthquake on May 5, 2023, which resulted in casualties and hundreds of damaged buildings.

    Japan typically experiences earthquakes off its east coast, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the country. Over the past century, 30 earthquakes with magnitudes of 6 or higher have occurred within 250 km of the event, with three of them affecting the Noto Peninsula.

    KCC analysts estimate over half a trillion USD of exposure in the ground motion footprint, including residential, commercial, and industrial properties. Residential property losses are expected to exceed those of commercial and industrial properties.

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    • Central Japan quake causes no problem at local nuclear plant: utility


    A recent major earthquake that hit a wide area centering on the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, has caused no major safety problems at the local Shika nuclear power plant, the operator said in a postdisaster review Friday.

    According to Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Monday's 7.6-magnitude quake registered upper 5 of a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale beneath the No. 1 reactor of the plant in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture. The two-unit plant was offline at the time.

    The company said it found bumps and dents at four locations on the plant's premises, and part of the outer power supply system remains out of order, but used nuclear fuels have been cooled normally and radioactive substances are safely contained.

    About 90 minutes after the quake, the water level of a pool connecting with the Sea of Japan had risen by some 3 meters, but the change did not affect the plant as it stands on a lot 11 meters higher than normal sea level, the utility said.

    The Shika nuclear plant's safety system is under analysis by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, a process necessary before restarting.

    The Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday that the maximum ground acceleration measured in the New Year's Day quake was 2,826 gals at a point in Shika, a level similar to the 2,934 gals logged in Miyagi Prefecture in the March 2011 quake in the northeast.

    Beneath the No. 1 reactor of the Shika plant on Monday, the reading was 399 gals, according to Hokuriku Electric Power.

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    The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble.

    Deaths had reached 98 earlier in the day, but two more deaths were reported in Anamizu, while officials in Ishikawa prefecture, the hardest-hit region, held their daily meeting to discuss strategy and damages.

    Some survivors who had clung to life for days were freed from collapsed homes. A man was pulled out 72 hours after a series of powerful quakes started rattling Japan's western coast.

    The number of missing was lowered to 211 as of Saturday, after it shot up two days ago.

    An older man was found alive Wednesday in a collapsed home in Suzu, one of the hardest-hit cities in Ishikawa Prefecture. His daughter called out, "Dad, dad," as a flock of firefighters got him out on a stretcher, praising him for holding on for so long after Monday's 7.6 magnitude earthquake.

    Others were forced to wait while rescuers searched for loved ones.

    Ishikawa officials said 59 of those who died were in the city of Wajima and 23 were in Suzu, while the others were reported in five neighbouring towns. More than 500 people have been injured, at least 27 seriously.

    The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo found that the sandy coastline in western Japan shifted by up to 250 metres seaward in some places.

    The earthquakes set off a large fire in the town of Wajima, as well as tsunamis and landslides in the region. With some routes cut off by the destruction, worries grew about communities in which water, food, blankets and medicine had yet to arrive.

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    More than 100 landslides and damaged roads were confirmed after a major earthquake that hit Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday, according to a tally by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

    This figure cama out after analyzing the data based on aerial photographs provided by a private company.

    Landslides and other collapsed embankments were confirmed in a total of 99 locations mainly along the coastal road from Wajima to Suzu in the prefecture, and damaged roads were seen in 25 locations in Wajima and Suzu.

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    Rescuers and residents sifted through rubble Saturday as their focus turned to recovering bodies and cleaning up rather than finding survivors, five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan and killed at least 126 people.

    The death toll from the New Year's Day 7.5 magnitude quake in the Ishikawa region of Japan's main Honshu island was certain to rise, with 210 people still unaccounted for, authorities said.

    - Pray for souls -

    Local authorities said Saturday that 126 people were confirmed dead.

    "We sincerely pray for the repose of the souls of those who have passed away," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on social media.

    More than 30,000 people were in 366 government shelters.
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    AMDA has been carrying out relief work in response to the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Japan’s Noto peninsula on the western coast on 1 January. AMDA’s first relief team was dispatched to quake-hit Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on 2 January.

    The Ishikawa Prefectural Government reported 84 people were killed, and a total of 336 people were either missing or injured (as of 4 January).

    At around 21:00 on 4 January, the AMDA team was joined by one doctor, one nurse, and one coordinator from Suwa Central Hospital in Nagano Prefecture. They held a briefing session at Wajima Hospital on the affected peninsula for further relief work.

    On 5 January, at the meeting organized by the local disaster-response coordination headquarters at the Wajima City Office, it was decided that AMDA would conduct needs assessment and mobile clinic activities at evacuation centers.

    As of now, the medical personnel from Suwa Central Hospital have been surveying the condition of local shelters, while AMDA's aid workers have been stationed at the city office for coordination work.

    AMDA will also be sending the second relief team (one doctor and one nurse) on 6 January.

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    A Taiwanese medical team arrived in the Japanese town of Suzu late Thursday night to join the disaster relief efforts, in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck the western coast of the country on Jan. 1, killing scores of people and leaving many others trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings.

    The four-member team from the Taiwan Development Association for Disaster Medical Teams (TDADMT) was the first Taiwanese non-governmental organization (NGO) to arrive in Suzu, a coastal town of just over 5,000 residences, near the epicenter of the magnitude 7.6 quake, according to TDADMT Deputy Secretary-General Wang Wei-te (王為德).

    Wang, a nurse who is part of the team, told CNA that the other members now in Suzu are emergency medical technician-paramedic Chiang Shang-yu (姜尚佑), TDADMT Honorary Chairperson Avon Hsiao (蕭雅文), and the organization's Secretary-General Kenji Liu (柳育漢).

    The Taiwanese team, working under the leadership of Japan's civil Airborne Rescue & Relief Operations With Search (ARROWS), flew by helicopter to isolated disaster areas of Suzu on Friday to evaluate the medical needs of the people there, Wang said.

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    Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets Sunday, six days after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 126 people. Heavy snowfall expected in Ishikawa Prefecture later Sunday and through the night added to the urgency.

    After Monday’s 7.6 magnitude temblor, 222 people were still unaccounted for, and 560 people were injured. Hundreds of aftershocks have followed, rattling Noto Peninsula, where the quakes are centered.

    Taiyo Matsushita walked three hours through mud to reach a supermarket in Wajima city to buy food and other supplies for his family. The home where he lives with his wife and four children, and about 20 nearby homes, are among the more than a dozen communities cut off by landslides.

    Power was out, and in a matter of hours, they couldn’t even use their cell phones, he told Jiji Press.

    “We want everyone to know help isn’t coming to some places,” Matsushita was quoted as saying by Jiji Press. “We feel such an attachment to this community. But when I think about my children, it’s hard to imagine we can keep living here.”

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    The Japanese government is accelerating its efforts to assess the extent of the damage caused by Monday's massive earthquake in central Japan, in order to boost financial support for reconstruction work in the disaster-hit areas.

    Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said on Saturday that he realizes how severe the damage is, as the death toll from the disaster has topped 100.

    The government intends to designate the earthquake as a "disaster of extreme severity" within a week. The designation will enable the government to increase state subsidies for restoring public facilities and farmland.

    The government plans to fast-track the application process for people in the hardest-hit prefecture of Ishikawa to be granted state support for rebuilding their lives.

    Under the measure, families whose houses were completely destroyed or severely damaged will be provided with up to 3 million yen, or about 20,000 dollars, in aid.

    The government also plans to send officials to the affected areas to help local municipalities rent available rooms in hotels and inns for evacuees.

    To overcome challenges facing isolated areas, the government plans to carry out repair work on heavily damaged roads, including those along the coast managed by Ishikawa Prefecture.

    Government officials will call on the public and residents to refrain from using private vehicles to secure transportation routes for relief supplies and other aid. The prefecture will place traffic restrictions on some roads.

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    Occurred at 01/07/2024 06:04
    Epicenter region - Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture


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    The Japanese coastal city of Wajima was the hardest-hit place when a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture of Ishikawa and the vicinity on the afternoon of New Year's Day.

    At the city center's famous Asaichi morning market, charred walls were seen with ground littered with rubble, while cars were burnt down to frames and wire poles were bent and twisted.

    Centered around 30 km east-northeast of Wajima, the devastating earthquake of 7.6-magnitude registered a maximum 7 on the country's seismic intensity scale, buckling roads, knocking down hundreds of buildings and setting off a massive fire that wrecked most of the market dating back over 1,000 years.

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    Well you learn something every day, i was not aware Japan had its own seismic scale, shindo

    Strong quake prompts tsunami warning Japan-shindo-explainer-jpg

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    Officials in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, say 128 people have been confirmed dead and 195 remain unaccounted for after the powerful earthquake on New Year's Day.

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    Japan's prime minister vowed to provide "ceaseless" support to areas devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake as snow and sleet hampered rescue and relief efforts and local media reported that the disaster had now claimed at least 126 lives.

    The adverse weather on the Noto peninsula continued to vex survivors at the epicenter of the magnitude 7.6 quake that left more than 30,000 homeless and cut power to tens of thousands of residences and businesses.

    At least 222 people are still reported missing and more heavy snow or rain is forecast overnight for the region.

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    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that the government will give preferential administrative treatment to those affected by Monday's powerful earthquake in central Japan.

    The government will designate the earthquake as a specified emergency disaster to give preferential treatment such as extending the validity period of driver's licenses and postponing bankruptcy proceedings, Kishida told officials at a meeting of his disaster response headquarters.

    "It is important to quickly create an environment in which quake victims can concentrate on rebuilding their lives and communities," he said.

    The government also plans to designate the earthquake as a disaster of extreme severity to raise its subsidy rate for restoration projects conducted by local governments.

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    NTT Docomo Inc. and KDDI Corp. began operating an offshore base from a ship off the coast of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, as part of efforts to restore mobile communications in the area struck by the powerful earthquake last week.

    Telecommunication companies have promoted such restoration initiatives in quake-affected areas where service remains disrupted.

    The two firms started the operations Saturday as an emergency measure offshore of Machino in Wajima, which is difficult to reach by land.

    They placed satellite communications equipment on a cable ship anchored about 1.7 kilometers off the coast. As the vessel transmits radio waves, mobile phones can now be used within a few kilometers of the ship, mainly in the coastal areas, sources said.

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    2024-01-07 06:26:56.376 UTC

    M 4.8 - 11 km WSW of Anamizu, Japan

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    With about 200 still missing, I am afraid there will be more heartbreaking stories as the one below…..



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    Officials in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, say 168 people have been confirmed dead and 323 remain unaccounted for after the massive earthquake one week ago.

    The officials said that as of 2 p.m. on Monday, 70 deaths were confirmed in both Wajima and Suzu cities, 18 in Anamizu Town, five in Nanao City, two each in the towns of Noto and Shika, and one in Hakui City.

    They also released the names and ages of those unaccounted for to seek information on their whereabouts.

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    The number of people unaccounted for after Japan's New Year's Day earthquake more than tripled on Monday to 323 from 103, according to a list published by local authorities.

    Most of the jump was down to Wajima, one of the worst-hit places after the January 1 earthquake, with the number of people unaccounted for there rising from 31 to 281, the document showed.

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    Many of the victims of the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake are believed to have been crushed to death by collapsed houses, authorities are saying.

    “Perhaps more than 90% of the victims in Wajima were crushed to death,” said a police source in the disaster-hit area.

    At the site of a quake-triggered landslide in Anamizu that killed five people and destroyed three houses, nine other people were newly found dead out of 11 people who are also believed to have been caught up in the disaster.

    Police are trying to identify the nine, seven of whom who are apparently family members of Naoyuki Teramoto, 52, an employee of a home for disabled people in Kanazawa.

    As part of rescue activities on Sunday, the Self Defense Force mobilized nine ships and about 40 helicopters and other aircraft, together with about 5,900 SDF members transporting aid supplies and sick people.

    About 1,200 members from 24 prefectural police’s regional emergency rescue squads have also been sent to Ishikawa Prefecture to join search efforts and rescue activities.

    As of Sunday, 28,821 people were living in shelters, including 11,932 in Wajima, 6,869 in Suzu and 3,833 in Noto. A total of 66,117 households in Nanao, Wajima, Shika and other municipalities were still without running water.

    According to the prefecture, at least 2,318 people were isolated in Wajima, Suzu, Anamizu and Noto.

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    • Weak Mag. 2.5 quake - Japan Sea, 57 km north of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan, on Monday, Jan 8, 2024 11:44 am (GMT +9)


    A light magnitude 2.5 earthquake occurred under the sea near the coast of Ishikawa, Japan, in the morning of Monday, Jan 8, 2024 at 11.44 am local time (GMT +9). The quake had a very shallow depth of 10.4 km (6 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).I

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    The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning that areas hit by the devastating earthquake on New Year's Day are likely to experience powerful tremors for about a month.

    JMA official Tsukada Shinya said at a news conference on Monday that earthquakes are now occurring less frequently in Ishikawa and surrounding prefectures.

    Tsukada said a quake as powerful as the magnitide-7.6 tremor that occurred one week ago is less likely to take place, but there is continued seismic activity.

    He urged people in the affected region to brace themselves for possible quakes with an intensity of upper five or more on the Japanese scale in the coming month.

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    Since 2 January, AMDA has been carrying out relief work in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, located on Japan’s Noto peninsula that was devastated by the magnitude 7.6 quake on 1 January. (Please refer to the preceding bulletins for the details thus far.)

    On 6 January, the team of medical personnel from Suwa Central Hospital, AMDA’s disaster-relief partner, visited local evacuation centres, namely, Mitsui Community Center (72 evacuees) and the Kawarada ceremony hall (101 evacuees), to organize needs assessment and mobile clinic activities. The assessment revealed that some evacuees had to be transferred to an appropriate evacuation facility that could respond to people with disabilities and those that required nursing care.

    On 7 January, the team of medical personnel from Suwa Central Hospital (AMDA’s disaster-relief partner) carried out needs assessment and mobile clinic activities at local evacuation shelters, namely, Ohya Elementary School (approximately 300 evacuees) and Ohya Community Center, in Wajima. Besides referring some patients to hospitals, the team gave hygiene guidance as cases such as diarrhea were seen among evacuees.

    Meanwhile, AMDA’s second team (one doctor and one nurse) that left AMDA Headquarters on 6 January arrived in Wajima on the afternoon of the following day. Upon arrival, the team dropped by Wajima Hospital and the local city office for information gathering, and joined forces with the preceding team from Suwa Central Hospital later on.

    On 8 January, AMDA will be sending the third team (one doctor, one nurse, and one pharmacist) also to Wajima.

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    Snowfall has been intensifying in areas affected by a powerful earthquake centered in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on New Year's Day.

    People should take extra caution with quake-damaged buildings that could collapse under the weight of the snow. They should also stay warm to prevent hypothermia amid severe cold.

    A cold air mass has been bringing snow to Ishikawa Prefecture and other parts of the Hokuriku region as well as Niigata Prefecture.

    The total snowfall for the 3 hours through 6 a.m. on Monday are 14 centimeters in Yuzawa Town in Niigata Prefecture, 5 centimeters in Himi City in Toyama Prefecture, and 1 centimeter in Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture.

    As of 6 a.m. on Monday, snow accumulation in Ishikawa Prefecture had reached 13 centimeters in Suzu City, 11 centimeters in Nanao City and 9 centimeters in Wajima City.

    Seismic activity in the Noto region and surrounding areas has remained active. Quakes with an intensity of 1 or greater on Japan's scale of zero to 7 occurred more than 1,200 times in the areas from January 1 through 4 a.m. on Monday.

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    A few roof tiles came loose but not one of around 100 structures in windswept Akasaki, on the stick of land's western coast, collapsed in the magnitude 7.5 quake whose epicentre was just a few kilometres (miles) away.

    Masaki Sato drove all night from his home 300 kilometres (190 miles) away in Tokyo after the quake to check on the 85-year-old house that he has owned since 2017 and runs as a summer B&B.

    "The house stands on a very narrow lot of land, and the building has many small rooms, with many columns" that make it stronger, the 43-year-old told AFP.

    To withstand the harsh rain, snow and ocean winds buffeting off the Sea of Japan, Sato's house and most others in Akasaki have few glass windows.

    Their exterior walls are made from sturdy wooden slats, layered horizontally. The structure is supported by thick beams criss-crossing the ceiling.

    The earthquake and its many aftershocks killed at least 161 people, and 103 others are still missing, authorities said on Monday.

    But there were no casualties in the tight-knit village.

    Even tsunami waves triggered by the earthquake didn't reach the houses, which are built on land slightly uphill from concrete tetrapods that protect them from the sea.

    At Sato's place, ceramic dishes smashed, appliances toppled and a recently added wooden sliding door broke, leaving debris strewn across the floor.

    But that was it.

    "I felt so encouraged, because the village was still there standing," Sato said.

    "I think it's thanks to the design of the houses," he added, sitting at the dusty but still solid kitchen counter in his guest house.
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    The death toll climbed to 180 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity last week, local media reported.

    Of the deaths, 81 had been confirmed in Wajima City, 71 in Suzu City, 18 in Anamizu Town, five in Nanao City, two each in the towns of Noto and Shika, and one in Hakui City, public broadcaster NHK said.

    Meanwhile, at least 565 people in Ishikawa suffered injuries due to the quakes, the report said.

    As of 4 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture has recorded 1,248 tremors rated at least 1 on the country's seven-point seismic intensity scale in the week that followed the powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, according to NHK.

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    The death toll from a New Year's Day earthquake in Japan climbed to 202 on Tuesday with 565 confirmed injured, according to government figures.

    The number of people unaccounted for fell to 102 from 120 earlier in the day, the data from the Ishikawa regional government showed.

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    Japan's prime minister has said more shelters need to be created for the survivors of the devastating New Year's Day earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula, which is located on the Sea of Japan coast. Kishida Fumio also said that living conditions for people in the affected areas should be improved.

    Kishida was speaking at a meeting of the government's emergency disaster taskforce on Tuesday.

    He started by saying that some people are still missing. He added that there are individuals who need to be rescued. Kishida stressed that search and rescue efforts need to continue. He also noted that efforts must be made to reach and provide relief to survivors in isolated communities.

    Sanitary conditions are deteriorating at existing shelters, and concern is growing. Kishida called for more shelters to be created inside and outside the prefecture. He said public facilities and tourist lodgings should be used.

    He added that people with illnesses, the elderly, pregnant women and other vulnerable survivors should be given priority and moved to shelters that have better conditions.

    The prime minister said more health experts should be dispatched to shelters. He also said the distribution of heating equipment and sanitary goods should be accelerated to prevent the evacuees from becoming ill or dying.

    Kishida indicated that the government will consider taking measures to help the survivors remain employed.

    Eighth Meeting of the Emergency Headquarters for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024

    On January 9, 2024, Prime Minister Kishida held the eighth meeting of the Emergency Headquarters for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024 at the Prime Minister’s Office.

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    The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday decided to use ¥4,737.9 million out of reserve funds set aside under its fiscal 2023 budget to support people affected by the powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year’s Day.

    It plans to use the funds to provide food, drinking water and other relief supplies, and transport fuel to areas hit by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which mainly struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

    The government can decide how to use budget reserves without deliberation in the Diet, the country’s parliament. Some ¥460 billion remains unused under its budget for fiscal 2023, which ends in March.

    “We will take necessary financial measures as needed to promptly provide full-fledged support to affected people,” Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told a press conference.

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered an increase in reserves earmarked under the government’s fiscal 2024 draft budget from ¥500 billion. He has also instructed the compilation of a package of measures aimed at helping disaster victims rebuild their lives and work.

    On Tuesday, the National Tax Agency announced an extension of the deadlines for national tax declarations and payments for people and organization paying taxes in Ishikawa and neighboring Toyama Prefecture, which was also stricken by the Jan. 1 earthquake.

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    Officials in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture say 206 people have died in the earthquake that struck on New Year's Day.

    Prefectural officials confirmed 91 deaths in Suzu City, 83 in Wajima City, 20 in Anamizu Town, five in Nanao City, four in Noto Town, two in Shika Town and one in Hakui City as of 2:00 p.m. Wednesday.

    They say eight victims are suspected of disaster-related deaths.

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    Search and rescue teams in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa are still combing through areas near the epicenter of the deadly earthquake that struck the region on New Year's Day, and the death toll is continuing to rise.

    At least 203 people are now confirmed dead in Ishikawa Prefecture, and 68 remain unaccounted for.

    Police are currently conducting an intensive search in the city of Wajima, where a massive fire was sparked by the quake.

    The blaze is estimated to have burned 48,000 square meters and destroyed more than 200 buildings.

    A woman says the people who were living in homes on both sides of her residence are all missing. She says she hopes they will be found.

    Ongoing relief efforts are being hampered by damaged roads and the harsh winter weather.

    More than 3,000 people in the northern part of the peninsula remained cut off, as of Tuesday evening.

    Over 26,000 are staying at temporary shelters, and some facilities are running out of volunteers.

    A shelter in the city of Nanao had 30 people helping out at one time, but many of them had to leave.
    One student said the labor shortages are getting worse day by day.

    At one particular shelter, people impacted by the disaster are helping out. This comes amid growing concerns about hygiene and garbage disposal.

    Many households do not have basic utilities. About 15,000 were dealing with power outages as of Wednesday morning. Nearly 59,000 are without water.

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    • 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's Niigata prefecture


    An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Japan's central Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, the country's weather agency said.

    The quake occurred at 5:59 p.m. local time with the epicenter near Sado Island off Niigata at a depth of 10 km, measuring 5 Lower on the country's seismic scale of 7, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

    No tsunami warnings were issued.

    The quake came amid a series of aftershocks following strong temblors with a major one of 7.6 magnitude that hit on New Year's Day in the Noto region of the neighboring prefecture of Ishikawa, which has killed at least 202 people so far.

    6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's Niigata prefecture-Xinhua

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    A strong earthquake has hit the central Japanese prefecture of Niigata, near Ishikawa Prefecture, where a massive quake hit on New Year's Day.

    The magnitude 6.0 quake had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7 in Nagaoka City shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday local time.

    The Meteorological Agency says the quake's epicenter was near Sado Island in the Sea of Japan, at a depth of 10 kilometers. Officials say no major damage has been reported.

    The agency says tide levels could change in many parts of Niigata, Sado Island and the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

    The jolt was felt in wide areas from northern to western Japan.

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    At least three faults within a roughly 20 by 120-kilometer stretch are believed to have slipped during a 45-second period in the devastating New Year's Day quake that struck Japan's Noto Peninsula, a researcher has analyzed.

    Yuji Yagi, a seismology professor at the University of Tsukuba, said that small faults are thought to have ruptured like branches, eventually leading to a major rupture.

    The Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan, whose northwestern area lies above the fault zone, had been experiencing earthquake swarms before the magnitude 7.6 quake that occurred at 4:10 p.m. on Jan. 1.

    Yagi analyzed the seismic waves emitted in the fault shifts. Following a 6.5-magnitude quake in May 2023, previously the biggest in the area, there were a series of weak earthquakes on the western edge of the quake's active zone, apparently causing the faults to begin to rupture. It can be presumed that the rupturing continued from there, spreading westward.

    Subsequently, a large slip occurred on the fault just below the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Wajima, and 26 seconds after the rupture began, a fault is believed to have shifted significantly off the northeast coast of the peninsula.

    Several active submarine faults are known to exist off the coast of the city of Suzu in the same prefecture. Yagi commented, "It is highly likely that previously known active faults have moved, since fault boundaries have been uncovered based on the way they ruptured, and they overlap with the distribution of already known submarine active faults."

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    The magnitude 7.6 quake that struck on New Year’s Day was caused by a movement of active faults in the sea off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula that had been dormant for 3,000 to 4,000 years, Japanese experts have said.

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    • Japan’s Tohoku further delays Onagawa nuclear restart


    Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power plans to postpone the restart of its 825MW Onagawa No.2 reactor in northeast Japan's Miyagi prefecture, as it needs more time for additional safety reinforcement work.

    Tohoku planned to restart the reactor in February before delaying it to May, citing the need for additional work.

    https://www.argusmedia.com/en//news/2526105-japans-tohoku-further-delays-onagawa-nuclear-restart

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    A survey has found that caregivers at facilities for the elderly and people with disabilities are working under extreme stress following the massive earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day.

    The Noto Welfare Relief Volunteer Network delivered relief supplies and surveyed 12 welfare facilities in Wajima City, Anamizu Town, and Nanao City in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday and Sunday.

    The network includes non-profit organizations and university researchers who support welfare facilities in the region.

    The group says all nine facilities that responded to questions said some of their staff are unable to report to work or remain unaccounted for.

    The facilities said they are continuing to provide support in a difficult situation.

    One facility said only ten percent of its staff are able to come to work, and that some employees have been working since New Year's Day.

    Others said staff who cannot go home because their houses have collapsed have been sleeping at their workplace. Some facilities expressed concern about their staff's mental and physical condition.

    The volunteer network says all 12 facilities had no running water. Some facilities said they found it difficult to manage basic sanitary needs and oral hygiene of those in their care.
    Others said some people receiving care for dementia cannot understand the situation, and that many have become mentally unstable and incontinent.

    Bukkyo University instructor Gotoh Yukinori who took part in the survey says staff at care facilities are exhausted and surviving purely on sheer willpower.

    He said some caregivers started crying when relief supplies were delivered, and appeared to be close to their breaking point.

    He said personnel support must be extended as soon as possible so caregivers can rest.

    Japan's health ministry says that as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday, 145 facilities for the elderly and 32 facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture had sustained damage from the earthquakes.

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    The Japanese government plans to double reserve funds in its budget for fiscal 2024 to 1 trillion yen, to promote reconstruction from the powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

    The government will increase the amount of new bond issuance for the year that starts in April to cover the cost, the people said.

    The government plans to adopt a modified fiscal 2024 budget plan that includes the additions on Tuesday and submit it to parliament during the next session expected to be convened on Jan. 26.
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    This obsession with a rather insignificant event is becoming quite irrational.

    Frankly, it’s a bore. They live on a fault line for fuck’s sake, it’s what happens. Move on, fah chrissakes.

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    you don't like it, don't open it
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    TOKYO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 213 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Thursday, after a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude jolted the prefecture and its vicinity, local media reported.

    A total of 52 people remained unaccounted for in the hardest-hit prefecture as of 9 a.m. local time, while at least 567 people suffered injuries due to the quakes, public broadcaster NHK said.

    In a breakdown of the death toll, 98 had been confirmed in Suzu City, 83 in Wajima City, 20 in Anamizu Town, five in Nanao City, four in Noto Town, two in Shika Town and one in Hakui City.

    The prefectural government also confirmed eight disaster-related deaths, meaning that the victims survived the quakes but died due to deteriorating injuries or illnesses caused by physical and mental strain in the aftermath of the disaster.

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    Hotels, inns and other facilities in four prefectures are expected to be used as “secondary” evacuation shelters to house 10,000 people displaced by the Noto Peninsula earthquake by the end of this week, a government source revealed Wednesday.

    The government fears that disaster-related deaths will increase in affected areas due to fatigue and deteriorating health from stressful living in current evacuation centers.

    To prevent such deaths, the government in conjunction with the Ishikawa prefectural government plans to step up efforts to transfer the evacuees to secondary shelters in Ishikawa, Toyama, Fukui and Niigata prefectures.

    “We will work with Ishikawa Prefecture and other entities to ensure a stable living environment for disaster victims,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference Wednesday.

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    The Self-Defense Forces have been focusing on air and sea transportation in delivering relief supplies to people affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsular Earthquake, as local road networks are still cut off due to serious damage caused by the disaster.

    About 6,300 SDF personnel had been dispatched as of Wednesday, while nine vessels and about 40 helicopters and other types of aircraft had also been deployed.

    On Saturday, the Osumi, a Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship, was dispatched to the waters off the Noto Peninsula to be used as a base for deliveries. Supplies were loaded into the vessel at a port in Kanazawa and then transported to Suzu and Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, using a CH-47, a large helicopter operated by the Ground Self-Defense Force.

    The Osumi also carries air-cushioned landing craft, which were used to transport heavy equipment for roadwork and vehicles that operate as cell phone base stations to the beaches of Wajima.

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    South Korea says it will provide 3 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Japan's recovery efforts from the quake that struck the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day.

    South Korea's government announced the assistance on Thursday.

    The country's foreign ministry said it hopes the aid will help the quake-hit region's recovery and allow affected residents to swiftly return to their normal lives.

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    Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has ordered its secretariat to thoroughly investigate the cause of damage to a nuclear power plant from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1.

    The regulatory watchdog gave the order at a regular meeting Wednesday.

    According to Hokuriku Electric Power Co., the quake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in the basement of the No. 1 reactor building at its Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.

    The temblor caused oil to leak from two transformers. In addition, the company became unable to measure radiation levels at up to 18 of its 116 monitoring posts in areas around the plant.

    Both of the plant's two reactors have been idled since 2011, the company said, adding that the quake did not cause any radiation leaks to the outside or leave any impact on the operations to cool nuclear fuel in spent fuel pools.

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    Local authorities on Friday began construction of temporary housing units for people whose homes were damaged by the powerful earthquake that struck the Sea of Japan coast on New Year's Day.

    The Ishikawa Prefectural Government is building 115 makeshift houses across four locations in Wajima and Suzu, two cities hit hard by the magnitude 7.6 quake, and aims to have them completed in a month.

    Due to severe damage to roads in the area, around 2,500 people remain cut off in the prefecture. The death toll from the disaster stood at 215 as of Friday morning.

    Of the 215, 10 were not directly killed in the earthquake but are believed to have died due to health issues, in some cases associated with the stress of being evacuated, according to the prefectural government.

    There are 37 people still unaccounted for, while the number of evacuees totaled 24,038 as of Thursday.

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    Japanese earthquake on Jan. 1 shifted coastline over 800 feet, satellite photos show

    Satellite images captured striking changes in the coastline of Japan's Noto Peninsula following a massive earthquake on New Year's Day.

    A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1 around 2:10 a.m. EST (0710 GMT, or 4:10 p.m. local time in Japan), prompting orders for residents to evacuate affected coastal areas that experienced significant uplift. Satellite imagery of the area before and after the quake shows that the intense uplift extended the coastline by up to 820 feet (250 meters), which is greater than the length of two American football fields.

    Images of Japan's Noto Peninsula shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Nahel Belgherze show coastal areas where the seafloor has risen above the water, creating newly exposed beaches. The photos capture the coastline changes after the earthquake and tsunami had already subsided, leaving some ports completely dry and inaccessible to boats.

    Photos: https://twitter.com/wxnb_/status/1742967417616138539

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    Companies in Japan are stepping in to help people devastated by the quake stave off the frigid weather. Apparel makers are donating jackets, sweaters, and other items as temperatures fall below zero.

    Underwear maker Gunze has shipped 60,000 garments and shirts for women to relief centers in Kanazawa City.

    United Arrows has given about 300 items to Suzu City, including children's sweaters and jackets.

    Fast Retailing, known for its UNIQLO brand, has prepared 100,000 down jackets and warm undergarments, with some already arriving in the cities of Nanao and Suzu. The company will provide the goods on request to local authorities and aid groups.

    Onward Holdings has offered Ishikawa Prefecture about 10,000 work gloves and 400 blankets among other items.

    And outdoor goods dealer Bigwing plans to send Ishikawa Prefecture dozens of sleeping bags that stay warm even in the rain.

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    Christ, you need to see a fucking doctor, pal.

    No one gives a flying fuck if a few Nips get dinged. It’s fucking nature, innit.

    They were total bastards in the war and their occupation of China. This is just retribution.

    Sayonara!

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