‘The shaking was terrifying’: stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquake
Rescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake. Photograph: Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News/APView image in fullscreenRescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake. “One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out.
- ▪Rescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake.
- ▪Photograph: Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News/APView image in fullscreenRescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake.
- ▪“One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:08:57 GMT |
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Rescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake. Photograph: Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News/APView image in fullscreenRescuers work at a collapsed house in Hikawa on Wednesday, a day after the earthquake. Photograph: Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News/APJapan‘The shaking was terrifying’: stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquakeRescuers pulling people from the wreckage in southern Japan in a haunting repeat of disaster that struck 10 years ago ‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing Gavin Blair in TokyoWed 29 Jul 2026 05.08 EDTLast modified on Wed 29 Jul 2026 05.12 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on Google“There was a voice coming from the collapsed house, and I could see a hand,” Tomohide Nagata, a…
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