(1st UPDATE) 'Even now, there are people waiting to be rescued, and this is a race against time,' says Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

Dozens of people were hospitalized after the earthquake hit southern Japan. According to media reports, at least two women were killed after a shopping mall partially collapsed in…

PM Sanae Takaichi urges people to 'remain vigilant for the possibility of another earthquake' in Kumamoto prefecture.