Landslides resulting from a preliminary magnitude 6.7 earthquake early Thursday on Japan's Hokkaido island buried a "large" number of homes at the foot of a ridge, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake in Japan causes multiple landslides
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on early Thursday morning resulting in several landslides. ( read original story ...)
Powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits southeast of Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo is the largest city on Hokkaido, with nearly two million residents. The earthquake did not prompt a tsunami warning. The USGS initially reported the earthquake had a magnitude of 7 and later r... ( read original story ...)
Japanese quake: landslide triggered, roads blocked, homes left leaning against each other
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on Japan‘s northern island of Hokkaido ... after a massive 2011 earthquake, Suga told a news conference. A fire broke out at a Mitsubishi Steel Mfg ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure-free Osaka gets back to business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka seemed to shrug off the weight of history on Wednesday, when she beat Lesia Tsurenko at the U.S. Open to become the first Japanese woman since 1996 to advance to the s... ( read original story ...)
SAPPORO, Japan | Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Japan near major city
The news service reports that the quake triggered a blackout across a wide area in Hokkaido. It also affected telephone service and television broadcasting in Sapporo. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan laments government push to cut mobile fees
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Powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits southeast of Japan’s Sapporo
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 112 km southeast of Sapporo, Japan, at a depth of 66 km, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday. The offshore earthquake has not caused a tsunami, ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude-6.6 earthquake hits northern Japan near major city
southeast of Sapporo, which is a major metropolitan area of 1.9 million people. The Kyodo news service reports that in Tokyo, the central government set up a liaison unit at the crisis management cent... ( read original story ...)
BREAKING: Magnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Sapporo city in Japan, no tsunami threat
A magnitude 6.6 quake struck 70 miles south of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, at approximately 3:07 a.m. Thursday and was followed by a magnitude 5.3 quake less than 20 minutes later, accor... ( read original story ...)
Some buildings collapse as powerful quake hits Hokkaido, Japan
The U.S. Geological Survey said earlier it struck some 112 km (70 miles) southeast of Sapporo. Public broadcaster NHK showed a brick wall collapsed and broken glass in a home and quoted local police a... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: 6.7 magnitude hits country as Typhoon continues – latest travel advice
AN EARTHQUAKE has hit Japan measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale in Sapporo, while Typhoon Jebi continues to plague Osaka. What is the latest travel advice for the country and is there a tsunami warning ... ( read original story ...)
BREAKING: Magnitude 7 earthquake hits Japan
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Very strong and shallow M6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.7 hit southern Hokkaido, Japan at 18:07 UTC on September 5, 2018 (03:07 JST, September 6). The agency is reporting a depth of 40 km (24 ... ( read original story ...)
Uber ‘on track’ for IPO in 2019, no plans to sell tech unit: CEO
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On the other side of the net will be 20-year-old Japanese Osaka, who won at Indian Wells this year and has ... Microsoft Store More From Reuters Uber 'on track' for IPO in 2019, no plans to sell tech ... ( read original story ...)