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Families sleep in cars after homes destroyed in Japan earthquake

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Residents in southwestern Japan have had to resort to sleeping in their cars for shelter, after a recent 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit on Tuesday. At least 34 people were killed, and some 9,000 residents have been placed in evacuation centres.

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