Eighteen people have been confirmed dead and two others show no signs of life in Hokkaido, the local government said Friday, a day after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck Japan's northernmost main island.About 390 others are also said to have been injured as a result of the temblor, with rescue workers continuing their search for survivors as 19 people remain unaccounted for.Meanwhile, the central government said nine people have been confirmed dead. After earlier announcing that 16 people had been killed in the quake, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga revised the figure to nine and sa…READ FULL ARTICLE
