TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture The bodies of two people were found on Jan. 2 in the rubble of a landslide that buried around 10 homes and other structures in the Nishime district here.
TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture Two residents were missing after a landslide destroyed or damaged 10 or so buildings, triggering a massive rescue effort by police, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel.
FUKUSHIMA Bullet train services resumed between Tokyo and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on April 2 for the first time since a powerful earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture last month disrupted runs on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line.