‘There are people still waiting to be rescued’: Foreigner among victims as Japan quake toll rises

At least 18 people have died including a Vietnamese technical intern after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked, while others remain missing.

At least 18 people have died including a Vietnamese technical intern after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked, while others remain missing.

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Rescuers frantically searched for ‌survivors on Wednesday, a day after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

CNN visits mall that collapsed after Japan quake  CNN

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously.

The sweltering weather heightened worries about the survivors as rescuers braved the heat. It remained unclear how many people might still be missing.

Death Toll Rises To 18 As Rescuers Comb Through Quake Rubble In Southwestern Japan  HuffPost

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 18 people in southwestern Japan.

The powerful earthquake that rocked southern Japan has killed at least 18 people and more remain missing in a damaged shopping mall and a paper factory.

Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall in the city of Kashima.

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern Japan

The death toll from Japan’s Kyushu island quake rises to 13.

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. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. “There

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least 13 people near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday.

Japan's southern prefecture of Kumamoto lives with the memory of a massive 2016 earthquake that killed hundreds.

Japan quake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall  Reuters