JAPAN QUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 13 AFTER NEWLY REOPENED AEON MALL COLLAPSES IN KUMAMOTO

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.

News - South China Morning Post reports that 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.

The report adds: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon.

“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” Takaichi said.

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