{
  "id": 18009,
  "title": "Rescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – as it happened",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/rescue-teams-face-race-against-time-in-search-for-trapped-survivors",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-29T14:27:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/29/sanae-takaichi-rescue-trapped-shopping-centre-mall-japan-earthquake-latest-news-updates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Emergency rescue workers in southern Japan are persistently scouring the area for survivors following a recent powerful earthquake. The death toll has since risen to a minimum of 13 as a result of the disaster. The ongoing search for missing individuals has been dubbed a \"race against time\" by the rescue teams.\n\nAn aerial photograph captured a collapsed segment of a bridge in the city of Yatsushiro, which was struck by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.1. The quake hit the southern Kumamoto prefecture in Japan.\n\nThe Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported on the situation at the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro, where a chimney collapsed onto the site. A 33-year-old worker at the factory recounted his experience, expressing disbelief at the disaster. He stated, \"I never imagined something like this would happen,\" adding that he was unharmed as he was off-duty and at home at the time of the quake.\n\nHe expressed concern for his colleagues who might have been inside the factory. The names of those who have been rescued and those still trapped remain undisclosed.",
  "summary": "Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake ‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing An aerial view of a collapsed section of a bridge in the city of Yatsushiro after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture: Japan’s Mainichi…",
  "key_points": [
    "Rescue teams search for survivors in southern Japan.",
    "Death toll rises to at least 13 after 7.1 magnitude quake.",
    "Bridge collapse at Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "VnExpress International",
        "title": "Vietnamese workers praised for heroic rescue of 90-year-old woman in deadly Japan quake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/vietnamese-workers-praised-for-heroic-rescue-of-90-year-old-woman-in",
        "published": "2026-08-01T08:50:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}