Around the World: Japan

Quake death toll rises to 10

The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit northern Japan at the weekend rose to 10 yesterday as troops and rescue workers searched for survivors in the remote, mountainous area worst hit by the tremor.

A fourth body was pulled from the ruins of an inn in the northern prefecture of Miyagi, a local official said. The building was crushed in a massive mudslide triggered by the 7.2 magnitude quake, which struck on Saturday morning.