Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 28 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

Japan's death toll from Tuesday's earthquake has climbed to twenty-eight, The Guardian reports, as soldiers and emergency workers keep searching a badly damaged shopping mall, a paper mill, and collapsed houses in Kyushu's Kumamoto prefecture for survivors. The magnitude six point eight quake has injured at least sixty-two people, according to the prefectural government, and that number has been steadily rising, fueling fears it could climb further.

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