Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 800 in Japan

Apr 15, 2016- At least nine people were killed and more than 800 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government's chief spokesman said Friday.

Yoshihide Suga said he would visit the area, 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) southwest of Tokyo, to assess the damage.

He said 1,600 soldiers had been deployed, and TV reports showed some delivering blankets and adult diapers to the thousands of people who took shelter because their homes were wrecked or unsafe