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TOKYO: Japan lifted on Monday (Apr 27) a special advisory warning of an increased risk of major earthquakes after a powerful 7.7-magnitude tremor hit the country’s north and prompted a tsunami alert.The advisory was issued a few hours after the Apr 20 quake struck in Pacific waters off northern Iwate prefecture. It was also felt in Tokyo, hundreds of kilometres away.”As of 5pm today, the period during which the government issued a special warning … has ended,” Kota Iwamura, a Cabinet Office official in charge of disaster prevention, told reporters.He cautioned, however, that “this does not mean the possibility of…

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