| High-speed rail service between Tokyo and earthquake-hit Niigata prefecture was suspended after a magnitude 5.7 temblor struck the region at 10:40 a.m. local time, East Japan Railway Co. said. A woman and two children buried in a landslide since the first jolt on Oct. 23 were rescued. Four people were injured in today's quake, Kyodo News reported, citing the Niigata prefectural government. The tremor shook buildings more than 100 miles away in Tokyo. More than 100,000 people have evacuated their homes in the stricken region since Japan's deadliest quake in a decade killed 31 and injured 1,771 since the first jolt on Oct. 23, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on its Web site. |