WAJIMA, Japan — 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. Monday’s temblor decimated houses, twisted and scarred roads and scattered boats like toys in the waters, and prompted tsunami warnings. A man walks between collapsed houses in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Friday, …
SUZU, Japan — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man silently watched as several helmeted rescue workers carefully lifted from the rubble his wife’s body, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. 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 …
SUZU, Japan — Rescuers searched the rubble of collapsed homes in western Japan on Wednesday in the hopes of finding survivors of this week’s earthquake, which killed dozens of people. In this photo provided by Japanese Ministry of Defense, Japanese Self Defense Force members carry an injured person out of a collapsed house, following strong earthquakes in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, …
Police will investigate whether a crash between an airliner and a smaller plane at a Tokyo airport may involve professional negligence, media outlets reported on January 3, 2023, as authorities began inspecting the charred wreckage and runway for clues. All 379 people miraculously escaped the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 which erupted into flames after colliding with a De Havilland Dash-8 …
As daylight broke across Japan this morning the full destruction of the deadly 7.6 magnitude earthquake was laid bare showing collapsed homes, toppled temples and huge cracks in the middle of roads. Houses toppled over in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture following the earthquake in Japan on Jan 1 2024 A house flattened by the earthquake that took place on January 1 …