Scenes of Loss Play Out Across Japan’s Western Coastline After Quake Kills 84

Scenes of Loss Play Out Across Japan’s Western Coastline After Quake Kills 84
Firefighters look at the rubble and wreckage of a burned-out marketplace after a large fire caused by earthquakes in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2024. Kyodo News via AP
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SUZU, Japan—His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife’s body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher.

He wiped his weary face with a rag. His eyes were red.