Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
The quake struck at 1:04 am in Shizuoka Prefecture but no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake struck at 1:04 am in Shizuoka Prefecture but no tsunami warning was issued.
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TOKYO -- Some four decades after its completion in 1985, the well-maintained Hino civic hall in the suburban Tokyo city of Hino remains as comfortable
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