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Magnitude-5.3 earthquake strikes Tokyo after Japan issued megaquake advisory
A magnitude5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and eastern parts of Japan on Friday evening, the government stated, a day after it released the firstever advisory about the threat of a substantial earthquake in the west of the country. Although damage to the areas closest to the epicentre was not instantly clear, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the federal government had actually not gotten any reports of significant damage, speaking at his Tokyo workplace quickly after the quake. The quake's epicentre remained in the Kanagawa prefecture south next to the capital, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), Japan Meteorological Firm...