Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, talks with an elderly woman at a shelter as Abe visits the site of a landslide triggered by the Sept. 6, earthquake in Abira, Hokkaido, northern Japan Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. Japanese authorities say dozens of people have been confirmed dead from a powerful earthquake that struck the northern island of Hokkaido last week. (Kyodo News via AP) (Associated Press)TOKYO — The death toll has hit 39 from a powerful earthquake that struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido last week, authorities said Sunday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited hard-hit Kiyota ward on the eastern edge of Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido. The magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck before daybreak Thursday and knocked out power and train service across Hokkaido, home to 5.4 million people.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2018 03:32 UTC