Major highways closed near epicentre of Japan quakes

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People evacuate following the earthquake in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2024. A massive magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Noto district in Ishikawa Prefecture, in central Japan on the same day. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Yusuke Fukuhara / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

TOKYO, Jan 1, 2024 (AFP) – Several major highways were closed on Monday around the epicentre of a series of major earthquakes in central Japan, the road operator said.

Shinkansen bullet train services were also suspended between Tokyo and the epicentre in the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan side of Japan’s main island of Honshu, Japan Railways said.