Tokyo hit by moderate earthquake just before Trump's arrival; no tsunami warning

Eastern Japan was struck by a medium-strength earthquake on Saturday, NHK national television reported, causing buildings to shake in Tokyo hours before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump. The epicentre of the earthquake was southern Chiba, about 60 km (35 miles) southeast of the capital, the prefecture where Trump is due to play golf on Sunday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake which the U.S. Geological Survey measured as magnitude 5. Trump and his wife, Melania, are due to arrive in Tokyo later in the day.