At least 128 killed after quakes jolt Japan

At least 128 people were killed in Ishikawa prefecture after a series of earthquakes struck Japan on January 1, according to the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, Report informs referring to CGTN.

Another 195 people remain unaccounted for, down from an earlier count of 222, the report added.

The magnitude 7.6 quake struck the west coast, destroying infrastructure and snapping power links to 22,000 homes in the Hokuriku region. Rain hampered efforts to sift the rubble for survivors as more than 30,000 evacuees awaited aid.