DESTRUCTION
Local residents walk past a collapsed house after a strong earthquake hit the area the night before, in Hakuba, some 300 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, Nagano prefecture, on Sunday. AFP PHOTO
Local residents walk past a collapsed house after a strong earthquake hit the area the night before, in Hakuba, some 300 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, Nagano prefecture, on Sunday. AFP PHOTO
TOKYO: A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central Japan left 39 people injured, seven seriously, and wrecked homes in a popular ski resort, the government said on Sunday.