Rescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – live updates
A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan, leaving at least 13 people dead and many reported missing. The Japanese prime minister stated that rescue workers are in a 'race against time' to reach people still trapped in rubble. The earthquake caused widespread devastation, with buildings collapsed, roads severely damaged, and emergency teams digging through rubble.
- ▪At least 13 people have been killed and many reported missing after the earthquake struck the Kumamoto area with a magnitude of 7.1.
- ▪Eight people were pulled from the rubble of a partially collapsed Aeon shopping centre near the city of Kumamoto.
- ▪Seven people are still missing at the Nippon Paper Industries factory where a chimney collapsed on to the site.
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- ▪ Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake — BBC News — World
- ▪ Rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake as death toll rises to 13 — NPR Topics: News
- ▪ Japan’s Takaichi warns of ‘race against time’ to rescue earthquake survivors — International homepage
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:41:54 GMT |
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03.15 EDTRescuers search for survivors in Japan after earthquake kills 13 peopleEmergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake left widespread devastation, with buildings collapsed, roads severely damaged and emergency teams digging through rubble.At least 13 people have been killed and many reported missing after the earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu with a magnitude of 7.1, according to the Japan meteorological agency. The US Geological Survey measured it at magnitude 6.8.Collapsed buildings after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto district.
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