The number of victims of a strong earthquake has increased to 8, and up to 40 people are missing. The number of injuries exceeds 150.

6,7 magnitude quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter Japan after typhoons, flooding and a record-breaking heat wave within the past two months.

The earthquake caused a landslide in the disaster zone and the houses were brought down. Temples and power plants were damaged. Three million subscribers are left without electricity.
" Aerial footage showed dozens of landslides exposing barren hillsides near the town of Atsuma in southern Hokkaido, with mounds of red earth and toppled trees piled at the edge of green fields,"- Reuters reports.