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WORLDRescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – as it happened<p>Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/29/japan-earthquake-death-aftershocks">‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams searThe Guardian·3w ago
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