Survivors still in midst of grief week after Hokkaido quake

Surviving family members remained in the midst of grief nearly a week after a powerful earthquake jolted Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido.The magnitude 6.7 earthquake on Sept. 6 claimed 41 lives, including Maika Takimoto, 16, the youngest victim of the all. Her 17-year-old brother Temma was left alone as other family members were also killed in the disaster.Temma, a resident of the hardest-hit town of Atsuma, was wrenched from his sleep at 3:07 a.m. by a strong jolt and found himself thrown into a rice field in front of his house.He looked around in the darkness but could not find …READ FULL ARTICLE