US forces deliver aid to Japan’s quake-devastated area

MINAMIASO, Japan (AP) — U.S. airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for nine people still reported missing. Authorities said at least 42 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the quakes on Thursday and early Saturday.

MINAMIASO, Japan (AP) — U.S. airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for nine people still reported missing. Authorities said at least 42 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the quakes on Thursday and early Saturday.…