TOKYO: Three people have been confirmed dead including a nine-year-old girl and dozens more injured as a result of a powerful earthquake striking Osaka prefecture in western Japan on Monday morning, China's Xinhua news agency reported local rescue officials as saying.
Japan's disaster management minister Hachiro Okonogi said there are people buried under the rubble of a collapsed building and local rescue officials are trying to locate them.
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