11.   Many owners rebuild periodically anyway, so the threat of quake damage and destruction was taken almost in stride.

12.   The agency said it would be premature to estimate the total quake damage.

13.   The estimate by Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations, marks the latest jump in a string of rising calculations of quake damage.

14.   The reason, local veterinarians say, is stress afflicting the animals along with fewer milkings by producers dealing with quake damage.

15.   They will meet with survivors and relief volunteers and survey quake damage.

16.   They said it was not immediately clear how much damage the quake had caused.

17.   They said it was not immediately clear how much damage the quake had caused in the city.

18.   A Kobe city official estimated it would take a few years to build the proper centre, but said the delay was unrelated to the quake damage.

19.   The value of the quake damage was not specified.

20.   They will also survey quake damage in and around the port city, the Imperial Household Agency said.