Death toll from Japan's earthquake rises to 23 as vital 72-hour window for rescues enters critical phase

Rescue efforts are continuing as time runs down on the critical 72 hour window for rescues following the quake. Officials have not detailed how many people were reported missing but local media say dozens remain unaccounted for.

Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar.

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors The death toll from the major earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday has risen to 17, as the search for trapped survivors inside a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses in the cou

Southwestern Japan suffered an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on Tuesday, causing at least 18 fatalities and 62 injuries.

7.1-magnitude jolt rocked southern Japan on Tuesday

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people.

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people in southwestern Japan

1 min readJul 29, 2026 08:08 AM IST Person on a bike passes by collapsed houses, a day after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture (Photo/AP) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that 13 people were confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto. “There are pe

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing.

Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake  Toronto Star

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan

Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake  AP News