Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake

At least 13 people have been killed after the earthquake struck the island of Kyushu on Tuesday.

At least 13 people have been killed in southwestern Japan after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday, as rescuers searched for survivors of collapses at a shopping mall and a paper mill.

Rescue personnel are working to free those trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Tuesday.

Japan's worst earthquake in two years has caused widespread damage and destruction on the southern island of Kyushu.