The Death Toll From The Japanese Earthquake Increased To 48 People

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JAKARTA - The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Japan increased to 48 people, while the government deployed troops for rescue and rescue operations.

According to NHK public broadcasting institutions, all the dead victims were in Ishikawa province, which is located along the coast of the sea on Honshu Utama Island.

NHK reported many injured victims in the provinces of Nishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu.

As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Tuesday, January 2, Japan's Defense Minister said it had mobilized joint land, air and sea forces and deployed around 10,000 troops in the affected province for rescue and rescue and assistance operations.

Japan has been hit by many earthquakes since Monday afternoon with a magnitude of 7.6 that triggered a tsunami warning, a large fire and waves as high as four feet.

However, the tsunami warning was later lifted by the government.

Many houses and streets collapsed while train services were suspended after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated to safer places.

Several people reported being trapped in buildings in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa province while firefighters were trying to find them.

About 200 buildings, including shops and houses, were hit by fires around the popular tourist spot Jalan Asaichi.

Video footage and photos broadcast by NHK showed houses along Ishikawa province collapsing while small boats capsized in offshore waters.

As many as 500 passengers were displaced at Noto Airport in the province when the earthquake caused major damage to terminal buildings and made runways and major roads unusable.

According to Japan's Geospatial Information Authority, the quake may have shifted land in the Noto region up to 1.3 meters to the west.