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Article: Earthquake Hits Western Japan
AP Online;  July 16, 2000 ;     172 words ......Online 07-16-2000 Earthquake Hits Western Japan TOKYO (AP) -- A moderate earthquake...preliminary magnitude of 4.6 shook western Japan on Monday morning, but there...about 12 miles underground in the western part of Tottori prefecture (state...and was felt in wide areas of western ...

Article: Earthquakes Shake Western Japan
AP Online;  January 19, 2001 ;     188 words ......Online 01-19-2001 Earthquakes Shake Western Japan TOKYO (AP) -- A series of earthquakes rattled western Japan early Saturday, but there were...They were felt throughout much of western Japan, including the cities of Kyoto...prior written authority of The Associated ...

Article: Mild Quake Shakes Western Japan
AP Online;  January 25, 2001 ;     178 words ......Online 01-25-2001 Mild Quake Shakes Western Japan TOKYO (AP) -- A moderate earthquake...magnitude of 4.9 shook parts of western Japan on Thursday, but police said there...the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Copyright 2001 The Associated Press All Rights ...

Article: Heavy snow kills one, disrupts traffic in northern, western Japan
AP Worldstream;  January 5, 2006 ;     378 words ...CHISAKI WATANABE, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-05-2006...disrupted traffic in northern and western Japan on Thursday as the Meteorological...forecast by Friday in northern and western Japan. Copyright 2006, AP News All...

Article: Train derails in western Japan, at least 43 killed, 200 injured
AP Worldstream;  April 25, 2005 ;     162 words ...MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 04-25-2005 Dateline: TOKYO A packed commuter train jumped the tracks in western Japan on Monday and hurtled into an apartment complex, killing at least 43 people and injuring hundreds in...

Article: Woman arrested in deadly stabbing of two children in western Japan
AP Worldstream;  February 17, 2006 ;     232 words ...CARL FREIRE, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-17-2006 Dateline: TOKYO Police in western Japan arrested a woman suspected of stabbing to death two kindergarten children who were found Friday dumped on a roadside in a remote...

Article: Seven relatives found stabbed to death at two homes in western Japan
AP Worldstream;  August 2, 2004 ;     246 words ...MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 08-02-2004 Dateline: TOKYO Seven members...were found stabbed to death with a kitchen knife Monday in western Japan and investigators were questioning a suspect who confessed...

Article: Train Derails in Western Japan, Killing 16
AP Online;  April 25, 2005 ;     404 words ...MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 04-25-2005 Dateline: TOKYO A crowded commuter train derailed and plowed into an apartment building in western Japan on Monday, killing at least 16 people and injuring some 200 others, police said...

Article: Train derails in western Japan, at least 16 killed, 200 injured
AP Worldstream;  April 25, 2005 ;     428 words ...MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 04-25-2005 Dateline: TOKYO A crowded commuter train derailed and plowed into an apartment building in western Japan on Monday, killing at least 16 people and injuring some 200...

Article: Train derails in western Japan, at least 37 killed, 200 injured
AP Worldstream;  April 25, 2005 ;     539 words ...MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 04-25-2005 Dateline: TOKYO A crowded commuter train derailed and plowed into an apartment building in western Japan on Monday, killing at least 37 people and injuring some 200...

Article: Strong quake hits western Japan
Xinhua News Agency;  September 5, 2004 ;     22 words ...Strong quake hits western Japan TOKYO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Sunday, the meteorological agency said.

Article: Moderate quake jolts western Japan
Xinhua News Agency;  September 16, 2002 ;     93 words ...Moderate quake jolts western Japan TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An...3 on the Richter scale jolted western Japan Sunday morning, the Japan Meteorological...Shimane and Okayama prefectures in western Japan as well as Chugoku, Shikoku and...

Article: Strong typhoon travels through western Japan, disrupting traffic
Xinhua News Agency;  June 21, 2004 ;     256 words ...Strong typhoon travels through western Japan, disrupting traffic TOKYO, June 21...A powerful typhoon traveled through western Japan on Monday, disrupting air, land and...millimeters in several prefectures in western Japan. The amount for Kanto and Koshin regions...

Article: Powerful typhoon hit western Japan, disrupting traffic
Xinhua News Agency;  June 21, 2004 ;     116 words ...Powerful typhoon hit western Japan, disrupting traffic TOKYO, June...powerful typhoon is landing on western Japan Monday morning, disrupting air...from southern, southwestern and western Japan have been canceled, according...