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By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. The woman in Suzu […]

Officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in that western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden. Some 30,000 people are in shelters.

At least 128 people were killed by the powerful tremor.

Officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in that western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden. Some 30,000 people are in shelters.

The organization is reviving its Houston Stands with Japan campaign, which was originally used to raise money when Japan was facing floods in Hiroshima and Okayama.

Along Japan's coastline, power was gradually being restored after the earthquakes, but water supplies were still short.

Aftershocks threaten to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments

The quake killed at least 126 people in western Japan.

A Chinese television news anchor described Japan's deadly earthquake as a “comeuppance” and “retribution” for releasing Fukushima wastewater.

Two passenger trains collided on Indonesias main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing multiple people, officials said.