Japan s Prime Minister said rescue efforts have been made extremely difficult due to damage to roads in the Ishikawa prefecture, near the epicentre of the quake.
The New Year s Day disaster left at least 13 people dead in the Ishikawa Prefecture according to the Japan Times, with dozens more injured and unaccounted for.
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A Japan Airlines plane was in flames soon after it touched down on the runway of Tokyo s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, Japanese media.