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Japan: Death toll mounts as rain adds to exhaustion in earthquake-hit Japan

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Japanby Hiroshi Hiyama TOKAMACHI, Japan, Oct 26 (AFP) - Six more people died in earthquake-hit central Japan as exhaustion took its toll on tens of thousands in...

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Japan: Double disasters strike Japan

Source: American Red CrossCountry: JapanWritten by Bonnie Gillespie , Staff Writer and Photographer, RedCross.org Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - After a devastating typhoon pummeled the Pacific nation...

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Japan: Peace Winds Japan responds to deadly Japan earthquake

Source: Mercy CorpsCountry: JapanMercy Corps' global partner Peace Winds Japan is responding to the deadliest earthquake to hit Japan in nearly a decade. The 6.8 magnitude quake struck on the evening...

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Japan: Natural disasters: Rich countries also pay their toll

Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCountry: JapanUNISDR/2004/08 "The tragic series of natural hazards that has recently hit Japan reminds us that all countries, rich or poor, are...

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Japan: Japanese quake toll rises to 31 after more elderly die

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKAMACHI, Japan, Oct 26 (AFP) - The death toll from Japan's worst earthquake in nearly a decade rose to 31 after six more people were confirmed dead Tuesday,...

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Japan: Mother, children found after nearly four days under Japan quake rubble

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Oct 27 (AFP) - Rescuers Wednesday found a woman and her two young children nearly four days after their car was buried under the rocks and mud of a...

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Japan: Fear reigns as aftershocks shake Japan

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: Japanby John SparrowAnother powerful earthquake - measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale - hit northern Japan today and a...

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Japan: Emergency relief aid for earthquake victims in Japan

Source: Government of the Republic of KoreaCountry: JapanOn October 27, the Government of the Republic of Korea has decided to provide emergency relief aid to the Japanese government to support relief...

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Japan: Death toll from north Japan quakes rises to 35

Source: XinhuaCountry: JapanTOKYO, Oct 28, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The total death toll from last Saturday's earthquakes in north Japan's Niigata Prefecture reached 35 on Thursday, Kyodo News...

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Japan: US forces to deliver emergency supplies to quake victims in Japan

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Oct 28 (AFP) - US forces based in Japan will deliver emergency supplies to the Niigata region where a killer quake and a string of strong aftershocks...

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Japan: Stress and fatigue proving deadly to some Japanese earthquake survivors

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Japanby Hiroshi Hiyama TOKYO, Oct 28 (AFP) - With victims of Japan's killer earthquake living in shelters and enduring more tremors, stress and fatigue are taking a...

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Japan: No second miracle as trapped girl found dead in Japan quake rubble

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Japanby Shigemi Sato TOKYO, Oct 28 (AFP) - Rescuers declared a three-year-old girl dead Thursday after an all-night battle to recover her from a crushed car where...

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Japan: Japan: Tzu Chi provides assistance to Niigata quake victims

Source: Tzu Chi FoundationCountry: JapanThe Japan chapter of the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation provided emergency supplies to earthquake victims in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25,...

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Japan: Aftershock hits Japan, Germany provides aid to earthquake victims

Source: Deutsche Presse AgenturCountry: JapanTokyo (dpa) - An 5.2-magnitude aftershock from last month's devastating earthquakes that hit Japan's Niigata province struck the region on Thursday,...

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Japan: Japan hit by large tremor believed to be aftershock to Niigata quake

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Nov 6 (AFP) - Japan's central Niigata region, hit by a devastating quake last month, was early Saturday shaken by an aftershock measuring 5.0 on the...

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Japan: Strong tremors injure 13 as quake-hit central Japan goes back to school

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Japanby Hiroshi HiyamaTOKYO, Nov 8 (AFP) - A series of powerful tremors Monday rattled a central Japanese region still reeling from last month's earthquake,...

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Japan: Damage from Japan's killer quakes to reach 29 billion dollars

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Nov 17 (AFP) - Damage from Japan's worst earthquake in a decade, which left 40 people dead, is likely to reach three trillion yen (29 billion dollars)...

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Japan: Some 6,600 people still in shelters one month after Japan quake

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Nov 23 (AFP) - Some 6,600 people are still living in shelters in Japan's Niigata region one month after a deadly earthquake and a series of aftershocks,...

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Japan: Japan closes last evacuation shelters from killer October quake

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: JapanTOKYO, Dec 21 (AFP) - Japan has closed the last evacuation centers set up two months ago when the central Niigata region was hit by the country's deadliest...

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Japan: Japan: Preparing for future disasters

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: JapanJason Smith, IFRC, in TokyoBeing ready for a big disaster is always on the minds of those who work for the Red...

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