now we're heading to japan where at least four people have died and hundreds injured after a powerful earthquake struck the island of hokkaido in the country's north the magnitude six point seven quake triggered landslides and left nearly three million homes without electricity power has since been restored to the tamari nuclear power plant which had switched to emergency backup generators to keep spent fuel safely cooled roads and hospitals were also damaged dozens of people are missing. a spring and michael pena president of the sing it soon news agency in tokyo joining us now so michael tell us what is the current situation in the area. well yes the the area is still quite a disaster zone most people do not have power and all of the public transportation essentially shut down the airports the buses the trains the bullet trains the