M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

M6.8 quake jolts Niigata, vicinity

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe curtails his stump speech in Nagasaki City for the July 29 House of Councillors election July 16 to return to Tokyo to deal with the situation after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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