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Rescue efforts continue following deadly Japan quake

Wajima city has recorded the highest number of deaths with 69, followed by Suzu with 38. More than 500 people were injured, at least 27 of them seriously.

By Associated Press and Kyodo News

Jan. 6, 2024

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KYODO NEWS VIA AP

Police officers use blue sheets as a woman in 90s is rescued alive from a collapsed house in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Saturday, Jan. 6, more than 120 hours after a series of powerful quakes started rattling Japan’s western coast.
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Rescuers halt a search operation due to a strong rain at the site of a landslide in Anamizu town, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Saturday, Jan. 6.
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Police officers huddle up before getting into a building at the premises of a temple to search for victims in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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Police officers patrol an area to check houses in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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Police officers go into a building at the premises of a temple to search for victims in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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A person walks through a street with debris of damaged and burnt buildings in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force load relief goods into its helicopter before taking off from a temporary landing site in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carry bottled water to a helicopter before taking off from a temporary landing site in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.
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A helicopter of the Japan Self-Defense Force prepares to land at a temporary landing site near buildings burned down in a fire after Monday's deadly earthquake in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6.
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People shop for food items at a supermarket that has offered some food and other items for 100 yen (about $U.S. 70 cents) for each, in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake. The sign, left, reads, "100 yen for each item."
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A woman, right, goes through a cashier as others shop for food, left, at a supermarket that has resumed its business with shorter hours after Monday's earthquake, in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6.
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Damaged buildings are seen in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 6, following Monday's deadly earthquake.

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