at 20:00 (JST), September 07 AS

Rescuers are continuing a round-the-clock search to find survivors following a deadly earthquake in Hokkaido northern Japan.

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Key words : find survivor
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Rescuers are continuing a round-the-clock search to find survivors following a deadly earthquake in Hokkaido.
17 people died and 21 others are still missing.

The search effort is focused near the epicenter in the town of Atsuma.

That's where all the missing people are from Thursday's quake measured the strongest possible level on Japan's seismic intensity scale, setting off massive landslides that wiped out homes.

A resident says, "I'm worried about my neighbors. I want rescuers to find them fast."

There have been more than 100 aftershocks following the magnitude-6.7 quake.

And officials are warning that strong tremors could keep hitting the region in the coming week.

The quake also battered parts of Sapporo, the prefecture's capital city. Soil liquefaction caused buildings to tilt and roads to crack.

A resident says, "I'm speechless. I've lived here for 20 years, but have never seen anything like this before."

Thousands of people evacuated to shelters. Officials are asking supermarkets and convenience stores for supplies because emergency provisions of food and water are running low.

Stores are also running low of supplies.

There's a line to get in this one. It still doesn't have power. So the store's cash register is running on an emergency generator.
The store is already out of drinking water, flashlights and noodles. And the manager says he does not know when the shelves will be re-stocked.

He says, "We feel bad for our customers... I'm sorry we don't have much left... but hopefully people can still find what they need."

Tens of thousands of homes are waiting for water to be hooked up again. It's meant long lines at water stations that were set up following the quake.

But people are starting to get power back again. Following widespread outages, the prefecture's power company says more than half of the island's 3 million homes have electricity again.

Getting power back on is also helping with transportation services. Shinkansen bullet trains are running again.

So are streetcars in Sapporo, as well as the subway.
Most local train services are still suspended for the time being.

With power back on at New Chitose Airport's terminal building, flights have resumed.

Still, officials are warning people to keep an eye on the weather. With rain in the forecast... authorities are warning there could be more landslides.

Key words : Hokkaido Electric Power more than peak
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Hokkaido Electric Power Company says that as of 8:30 AM on Friday, electricity has been restored to more than 1.3 million houses in the areas that were hit by a strong earthquake.

Power is now back on in more than 40 percent of the houses in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.

The quake caused a complete black out in the prefecture early Thursday morning. About 2.95 million households across Hokkaido were left without power.

Some thermal and hydroelectric power plants have been brought back online. As of 8:30 AM on Friday, about 1.9 million kilowatts of electricity were being supplied. The prefecture is also receiving supplies of power from the main island of Honshu.

Power has now been restored to around 1,366,000 houses. That figure represents more than 40 percent of the houses in Hokkaido.

The utility company expects the supply of electricity to reach a maximum of 3 million kilowatts on Friday, after more thermal power plants are brought back online.

However, this will only amount to 80 percent of Wednesday's peak-time electricity consumption, which stood at 3.8 million kilowatts.

Hokkaido Electric Power is calling on people to try to save electricity, even after power has been restored in their houses.

Key words : public utilities still without water
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Public utilities and transportation are slowly being restored in Hokkaido following widespread power outages in the wake of a strong earthquake on Thursday.

Hokkaido Electric Power Company says power has been restored to about 40 percent of homes.

More than 38,000 households are still without water.

It's meant long lines at water stations that were set up following the quake.

Public transportation is also slowly returning to normal.
Shinkansen bullet trains are running again.

The Hokkaido Railway Company says all express trains connecting major cities in Hokkaido will remain stopped on Friday, and it's unclear when other local train services will start again.

The city of Sapporo says its municipal subway service will restart before long, and its streetcars have already started operating again.

With many expressways still partially closed, inter-city express bus services will remain suspended. Some local buses, though, are running again.

Flight operations have resumed at New Chitose Airport after power was restored to its terminal building.

Train services to the airport from Sapporo are also being reestablished.

Key words : New Chitose resume international
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180907_40/

New Chitose Airport in quake-hit Hokkaido, northern Japan, is set to resume international flights on Saturday.

Domestic flights restarted on Friday, one day after a powerful quake partially damaged the airport's terminal and caused a power outage.

The terminal operator says 56 international flights are scheduled for Saturday. Most of them are to and from other parts of Asia.

The operator says it plans to finish inspecting a departure counter computer system by Saturday morning.

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Key words : Naomi
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180907_31/

Tennis player Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese woman ever to reach the final of a Grand Slam event.

The 20-year-old Osaka faced American Madison Keys in the semifinals at the US Open on Thursday. Keys was the runner-up at last year's event. She's ranked 14th in the world, against Osaka's 19th.

Osaka used powerful serves and accurate strokes to beat Keys in straight sets. She's won 5 of her 6 matches so far without losing a set.

Osaka said that she's exhausted after running so much during the match. She added that her patience paid off and she's really happy.

Osaka faces her childhood idol Serena Williams in Saturday's final.

She said she's nervous but looking forward to the match. She also said in an interview in English that it feels a bit surreal, since she always dreamed of playing Serena in a Grand Slam final.