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(2)Media members visit quake-isolated Yamakoshi village

YAMAKOSHI, Japan - Many houses in the mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture remain submerged in a pond formed by a river blocked by landslides during the Oct. 23 earthquakes. Members of the media were allowed to visit the village on Dec. 14 for the first time since the disaster.

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(1)Media members visit quake-isolated Yamakoshi village

YAMAKOSHI, Japan - Many houses remain submerged in the mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture which devastated by the severe earthquakes on Oct. 23. Members of the media were allowed to visit the deserted village on Dec. 14 for the first time since the disaster.

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(2)Rehabilitation slow in isolated Niigata village

YAMAKOSHI, Japan - A road to the isolated mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture remains damaged on Nov. 13, more than two weeks after the deadly earthquakes that rocked wide areas of the prefecture on Oct. 23.