16 dead, 26 missing in wake of powerful earthquake striking Japan's Hokkaido

 

Passengers line up at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 7, 2018. Sixteen people have been confirmed dead and around 26 people still remain missing in the wake of a powerful earthquake that rocked Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan in the early hours of Thursday morning, the government said on Friday. (Xinhua/Ma Caoran)