M5.9 quake strikes eastern Japan including Tokyo, disrupting trains

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit eastern Japan early Sunday, causing injuries in prefectures neighboring Tokyo a

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattles Tokyo and eastern Kanto region (Image: Japan Meteorological Agency)A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Japan at around 2am (6pm UK time) on Sunday, shaking parts of the country and registering a lower 5 on Japan's seven-level seismic intensity scale in Ibaraki Prefecture.Its epicenter was

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has rattled Tokyo and the eastern Kanto region in Japan - this is a breaking story

Railway officials said it was unclear why the workers did not leave the site when the train was approaching, or what the lookout people were doing.

Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men were on the tracks to remove weeds when the accident took place at around 10.45am local time at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and the trai