M6.9 quake in Noto - Man walks in debris-strewn alley

M6.9 quake in Noto - Man walks in debris-strewn alley

ANAMIZU, Japan - A man in the earthquake-stricken township of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, walks in a debris-strewn alley near the collapsed fence of a house in the morning on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan, leaving one person dead, 189 injured and hundreds of homes damaged.

M6.9 quake in Noto - Shovel to remove damaged house

M6.9 quake in Noto - Shovel to remove damaged house

ANAMIZU, Japan - A heavy shovel is being prepared to remove a damaged house in the township of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan, leaving one person dead, more than 100 injured and hundreds of houses damaged.

M6.9 quake in Noto - damaged house in Anamizu

M6.9 quake in Noto - damaged house in Anamizu

ANAMIZU, Japan - A couple clear debris in their a damaged house in the township of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan, leaving one person dead, more than 100 injured and hundreds of houses damaged.

M6.9 quake in Noto Peninsula - Couple survey damage to house

M6.9 quake in Noto Peninsula - Couple survey damage to house

ANAMIZU, Japan - A couple in the earthquake-stricken township of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, survey damage to their house in the morning on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan, leaving one person dead, 189 injured and hundreds of homes damaged.

M6.9 quake strikes central Japan, 1 dead, 189 injured

M6.9 quake strikes central Japan, 1 dead, 189 injured

ANAMIZU, Japan - A woman in the earthquake-stricken township of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, removes a shattered mirror from her house on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan, leaving one person dead, 189 injured and hundreds of homes damaged.

Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Misoji Sakamoto dies at 83

Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Misoji Sakamoto dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Misoji Sakamoto (file photo), a former chief Cabinet secretary in the government of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, died of stomach cancer March 19 at a hospital in Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was 83. He became the government's top spokesman when Kaifu launched his second Cabinet in February 1990.