Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23

Rescue efforts are racing against time in southwestern Japan, where the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude seven point one earthquake has climbed to twenty-three. NPR News reports crews are still working through the Kumamoto area on the southern island of Kyushu, though hope for finding more survivors is fading.

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