2 dead, 8 injured in magnitude-7 quake in northern Japan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Japan's government said two people have died and eight others have been injured in an earthquake in the northern part of the country Saturday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said at least two died in the 7-magnitude quake, including one person who ran out of a building in panic and was hit by a truck. He says one of the eight injured was in serious condition.