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Death toll from Japan's quakes rises to 21 18 dead, 900 injured in Japan's quake

Death toll from Japan earthquakes reaches 24     

    TOKYO, Oct. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A strong aftershock measuring 5.6 onthe Richter scale jolted north Japan's Niigata Prefecture Monday morning, leading the death toll from the three major quakes that hit the prefecture Saturday to reach 24, with more than 2,000 injured.

    According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, there were no immediate reports of casualties from the latest aftershock, which occurred at 6:05 a.m. (2105 GMT) and registered upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7.

    The three deadly quakes that struck Saturday evening were classed as having upper-6 intensity.

    Its focus was about 10 kilometers underground in the Chuetsu region in central Niigata Prefecture, the agency said. Enditem     

Typhoon Nock-ten approaches south Japan island     

    TOKYO, Oct. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Typhoon Nock-ten approached Yonaguni Island, south Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, on Monday morning, buffeting it with winds gusting to 90 kilometers per hour.

    The Japan Meteorological Agency said the typhoon, the season's 24th, is likely to approach Okinawa Island, but it is expected to gradually weaken.

    At 10 a.m. (0100 GMT), Nock-ten, meaning "bird" in Laotian, waslocated about 80 km west of Yonaguni, moving north at 30 kph. It had an atmospheric pressure of 970 hectopascals and winds of up to126 kph near its center. Enditem     

Local residents take refuge outdoors after a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct, 24, 2004. A series of powerful earthquakes, one measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, rocked northwestern Japan Saturday evening. The death toll had reached 21 up to press time, and more than 2,000 were injured. (Xinhua Photo/Kyodo News) A landslide caused by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct. 24, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Kyodo News) A road damaged by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct. 24, 2004.  (Xinhua Photo/Kyodo News) The houses destroyed by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct. 24, 2004.  (Xinhua Photo/Kyodo News)   A series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, Oct. 24, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Kyodo News) Engineers rush to repair a section of highway destroyed by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan Oct. 24, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Chen Rui) A villager carries belongings out of a house destroyed by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan Oct. 24, 2004.  (Xinhua Photo/Hui Xiaoshuang) Engineers repair a section of highway destroyed by a series of earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan Oct. 24, 2004. (Xinhua Photo/Chen Rui) (Xinhua/AFP Photo) (Xinhua/AFP Photo) (Xinhua/AFP Photo) (Xinhua/AFP Photo)