A magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked northern Japan this morning near the area where the country’s deadliest earthquake in a decade struck last month. At least eight people were injured.

A three-year-old girl buried in the rubble of an earthquake-triggered landslide in northern Japan was declared dead today, the day after rescuers pulled her younger brother alive from the wreckage.

Powerful aftershocks rocked north-western Japan today, as tens of thousands of people huddled in evacuation centres following a devastating weekend earthquake that left 24 dead and injured thousands more.

Three people were reported dead and around 200 injured after three strong earthquakes shook north-western Japan within minutes of each other today.

Three strong earthquakes shook north-western Japan within minutes of each other today, rocking buildings hundreds of miles away in Tokyo. Authorities had received reports that several people were injured.

Three powerful earthquakes injured 421 people, knocked out power grids and set off mudslides across rain-soaked northern Japan on Saturday.

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale has hit Japan, injuring at least 14 people.

At least two people have been killed after an earthquake hit southwestern Japan.

A woman has reportedly been killed, and two others seriously injured, after an earthquake hit Japan.

At least two people have been injured during a strong earthquake in southwestern Japan.