The death toll from the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Japan rose to 202

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-01

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 9 (Reporter Guo Dan Jiang Qiaomei) According to the latest statistics released by Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan on the afternoon of January 9, the Noto Peninsula is 7The death toll from Level 6** in the county has risen to 202. In addition, 102 persons remain unaccounted for.

This is the "Wajima Morning Market" taken on January 4 that was burned to ruins by a fire caused by **. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu).

On the 9th, Japan sent 100 people to search the Wajima morning market where a large-scale fire broke out.

Wajima Morning Market was first formed around 800 A.D., and its main products are Wajima lacquerware, handicrafts, fishing gear, and souvenirs, which represent the Noto culture of Japan. In the fire that broke out on the 1st, about 200 shops in the Wajima Morning Market were damaged. According to statistics released by the Japan Institute of Land and Geographic, the area burned in this fire reached 480,000 square meters.

This is a street view of Suzu City, a disaster area on the Noto Peninsula in Japan, taken on January 8. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the President of the Japan-China Friendship Association in Zhuzhou City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan).

Due to the heavy snowfall, the condition of the roads to the disaster area for support has deteriorated. At present, there are still 3,300 people in Ishikawa Prefecture who are isolated due to the mountainous area and the lack of transportation, and there is no clear timetable for when the infrastructure such as water and electricity in the disaster area will be repaired.

According to Japanese media reports, Japanese primary and secondary schools ended their winter vacation on the 9th and started a new semester. Of the 342 elementary and junior high schools in Ishikawa Prefecture, 256 held their opening ceremonies as scheduled, but it is unclear when the 86 elementary and junior high schools in Wajima City and Suzu City will open.

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