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Rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake as death toll rises to 13

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The Associated Press
Rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake as death toll rises to 13
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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Japan's Kumamoto region has resulted in at least 13 deaths and left many missing. Rescue teams are working against time to find survivors trapped in collapsed buildings amid an ongoing heat wave.

KUMAMOTO, Japan — 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 and left many missing in southwestern Japan.

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