BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan rocked by major earthquake

He cut short a trip to the south-western city of Nagasaki, where he was campaigning ahead of forthcoming upper house elections. The seven deaths took place in the city of Kashiwazaki. Four women and three men - all in their 70s and 80s - died from injuries sustained in the earthquake, the National Police Agency said. City official Takashi Otsuka said about 2,000 people had been evacuated from thei

[niceniko]

さすがに大きな地震だから海外の報道でも取り上げているか。まあ、それほど大きな震災だけどね。

[nobody]

これは誤解を招くleadだなあ. →q{An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 has hit Japan's capital, Tokyo, }.