SDF personnel cover damaged roof in quake-hit Tottori

SDF personnel cover damaged roof in quake-hit Tottori

TOTTORI, Japan - Self-Defense Force personnel on Oct. 8 put waterproof sheets on the damaged roof of a house in the town of Hino, Tottori Prefecture, two days after the area was rocked by a magnitude-7.3 quake. A total of 125 people suffered injuries and nearly 2,100 buildings were damaged in nine prefectures in western Japan.

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