Japan earthquake: Race to find survivors as rescue window closes – BBC News
Japan’s prime minister has announced that more troops are being deployed to help the victims of the devastating earthquake on New Year’s Day fumio kashida says the number of Defense Force personnel in the worst affected area would more than double to 4,600 at least 78 people have now been
Confirmed dead more than a dozen communities remain cut off by landslides and blocked roads in central Japan where the 7.5 magnitude Quake struck on Monday let’s hear some of what Mr kashida had to say at a news conference the situation in the affected area is very challenging but from the
Perspective of saving lives we are making all efforts to rescue and provide life-saving Aid to as many people as possible before the crucial 72-hour period following the disaster elapses this evening let’s go g McKenzie who’s in Noto Peninsula and the Prime Minister there describing it’s actually quite a difficult situation isn’t it
It is and actually that 72-hour window that we just heard Mr kashida talk about in the last few minutes that 72-hour window has closed it has now been 72 hours since the earthquake and this is the critical time because after this time the chance of finding people alive
Severely reduces uh which is really troubling for all the rescue workers who have been starting to look through these damaged homes because there are still many people missing and it’s thought that they are under these homes that have completely collapsed most of them are in the worst affected towns which
Are the north of this peninsula these towns of suzu and wajima now we actually managed to get into wajima yesterday and we saw a great deal of Destruction many of the old traditional wooden homes had completely shattered to the floor and the issue with these homes is that they
Were built before some of the regulations the building regulations were introduced here to help protect homes from earthquakes and a lot lot of the people living on this peninsula are elderly so a lot of them hadn’t done the work to update their homes and tell us a
Little bit about the aid efforts because presumably the damaged roads and the infrastructure has make it much more difficult to get help to people who need it that has been the real issue here over the past 3 days that the roads have been so damaged and this is a remote
Area we’re on a peninsula so already there were limited routes to reach people but the roads because they were so severely severed they cut off some of these towns now some of the roads have been reestablished but for example the search and rescue dogs they only arrived
In the town of wajima yesterday we know that there are still up to though a thousand people that are completely cut off so these are people living in very you know remote coastal areas or up in the mountains they are not managing to get any supplies at all so they’re
Having to survive by themselves so it may well be that the government now decides that this 7 2hour window has passed that this is where they want to redirect some of their efforts to try and rescue these people that are still alive but cut off there are also tens of
Thousands of people still living in shelters because their homes have either been completely destroyed or they are structurally unsound 30,000 people are still without power 100,000 people are still without water and we spoke to people yesterday inima who were saying that even at the shelter there there
Wasn’t enough food and water so there is an awful lot of work still to be done in terms of just getting basic supplies to people Jee Mackenzie thank you very much let’s go now to James Sims who’s a journalist and commentator based in Tokyo thanks very much for being with us
So we’ve heard from the Prime Minister and he’s painting quite a grim picture of the of the situation in some of the worst affected areas he’s under pressure on a lot of fronts isn’t he uh yes he is I he will be having his uh annual uh New Year’s conference uh
Which is usually held at the ISA Shrine which is like the most sacred Shrine in the shin Shinto religion um but because of the earthquake he’s going to hold one his new year’s press conference in Tokyo he just had one at noon after the uh emergency uh earthquake measures meeting
With all the cabinet ministers and so in terms of this year he’s got quite a bit on his plate he has to deal with the the earthquake and the disaster um he has a regular parliamentary session coming up in January uh the government has already approved uh some uh budget measures to
Help with the people affected by the Quake uh from uh budget reserves and and then he’s also facing a massive political fundraising Scandal within his party which took out several ministers last month and and does that mean that his his political position is actually in Jeopardy from what you
Describe uh yes he in some opinion polls he is in the teens in terms of support rate and there’s a sort of a rule of thumb uh which is named after a former uh Chief cabinet secretary 50% rule if uh the cabinet approval rating uh plus the ruling party his ruling party the
Liberal Democratic party if that falls below 50% and which which it has in many polls uh that will make his um Administration it will make the operation of his Administration very tough uh especially once the Parliamentary session starts and a lot of questions start flying at him regarding the political fundraising
Scandal just to go back to the earthquake though um how is the response deemed to have been so far is it is it deemed to have been a good response or what is the the impression that you’ve get I think it it’s been sort of a regular Japanese response um that
Peninsula because of it’s a peninsula um I’m sure there there’s limited roads and I know in some cases the uh earthquake caused uh great fissures in the ground and there’s been some separations of the ground up to like four meters and so I know the roads have been heavily hit but
I know that the self-defense forces or the the Japanese military has dispatched um over about two dozen planes and they’ve also sent some ships that have um roll on rolloff capability meaning they can send smaller boats to try to send Aid and they will also be able to
Land like trucks and other things uh with Aid and food and medical supplies and anything else that they might need James Sims thanks for joining us on BBC thank you
Rescuers in Japan have been racing against time in their search for survivors of a New Year’s earthquake, as a critical three day window has now closed.
Dozens of people were killed when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Noto peninsula on Monday at 16:10 local time (07:10GMT).
Many people are thought to be trapped under their collapsed homes – mostly in the towns of Suzu and Wajima.
After 72 hours, the chances of finding people alive drops substantially.
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There's way more than 78 dead. They're just not telling us.
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Me crie con terremotos en un pais muy muy sismico …fueron decadas de mi vida .. con ese miedo … ya tengo casi 80 y ahora vivo en un pais que gracias a Dios NO existen los terremotos ,, por lo mismo comprendo al pueblo Japones con todo mi corazon ..
I'm glad there aren't thousands dead in this terrible earthquake and the aftermath. That's the only blessing. More volunteers are needs. More meals and water, shelter and blankets are needed.
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Immediateley evacuators help to people
Please inform your embassy as soon as possible or any other institute as possible or any other institute for helping me here in Pakistani punjab
I am a Japanese person living outside the earthquake area. Thank you for your coverage.
Big thanks from Japan for reporting correct information about earthquakes. Japanese medias, especially NHK, wonโt speak about earthquakes, but responsibility of airplane crashes and fake news.we cannot believe our own country medias.
The mayor of Anamizu Town in Noto Peninsula says the town received only four cup noodles and 10 blankets yesterday, while their population is 140. Kishida is definitely an incompetent leader.
Japanese people are the most hardworking and honest people in the world. I hope they will recover quickly from the loss they have faced.
You are not alone Japan, Tรผrkiye is always ready to help the Japanese people. We are brothers ๐น๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐๐ผ
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May the Lord Jesus Christ be with the ppl that are stuck ,au they be safe .
I do feel sorry Japan,Start of the New year,Massive Earthquake,I did feel the "shock waves" the other day here in the England,Straight away I knew something going out there some where,Before I first knew about what happend in Japan,I felt the Shock waves here,Must of been awful,Then an Airplanes crashed,The place badly trashed up,Wish them all better luck for the New year
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Thank you for preparing to dispatch rescue teams from each country.The site is in a mountainous area and the road is closed to traffic.
The sea floor was also rising, making it impossible for ships to enter.
As earthquakes continue to occur, the situation is extremely difficult for Japan's rescue teams and the Self-Defense Forces, and I believe they declined the request to prevent secondary disasters. Thank you for preparing the rescue team.
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Godzilla did this.
ไผๅคง็่่ฒๅฃไบบ่ฏด๏ผๆๆนไน้จๅจๆๆๅฎๆไธญ้ฝๅ ณ้ญไบ๏ผ็ฐๅจไปไธไผๆฅๅไปปไฝไบบ็็ฅ็ฅท๏ผๅ จไธ็ไนไธไผๆฅๅไป็็ฅ็ฅทใ ไป่ฟ่ฏด๏ผๅฆๅไธ็ๅฐฑไผ่ขซ็ญไบกใ ไปๆฏๅไธไฝ็ฉทไบบ็ๅฃไบบ๏ผๆฅๆ็บณๅก้ยท่พพ้ฉฌๆฏๅๅคๅฐๅคๅคซๅจไปไปฌ็ไนฆไธญๆๅ็่ฎธๅคไผๅคงไนฆ็ฑ็็ฅ่ฏ๏ผไปๆฅๆไผ็็ฎๅ่บซๅกๅฐๅบๆไผ ๆ็็ฅ่ฏ็็ๅฎๅฝข่ฑก๏ผๆๆ่ฟไบๅ ถไธญไธไบๆฏ่ช็ถไธ็็ๆฒป็ๆนๆณ๏ผๆฏซๆ ๆๅฟ็ๅฉดๅฟๅจๅ ถไธญๆฅๆฅๅปๅป็ก่งใ ็ต้ญ่ฐ่ฎบ็ๆฏ็ฅ็ฅท๏ผ่ไธๆฏๆญปไบก๏ผไฝ่ฟไปไธบๆญข๏ผไธ็ไธ่ฟๆฒกๆไธไฝไผๅคง็้ข่ขๆๅฝ็ๅปๅฏปๆฑ่ดตๆ็บงๅซ็็ฅ่ฏ๏ผ่็ต้ญๅๅคไบๅฃไบบ็็บงๅซ๏ผ้ฃ้็็ฅ่ฏ็ต้ญๆฏใ ๅ ไธบ่ฟๅบไธ็ๅคงๆๅงไบ2009ๅนด๏ผๅฝๆถๆฏไธชไบบ้ฝ่ขซๆไบ๏ผๅ ไธบๆฏไธชไบบ้ฝ่ฏป่ฟใๅคๅ ฐ็ปใ๏ผๅชๆๆฅๆๆฐธๆๅ่บซๅไผ็็ฎ็ไบบๆไผ้ชๅจ็ปไธ็ๅธฆๆฅๆฏไบฒ็ๆๆฌไธใ ๅๅข้ๅ ๆปกไบ็ฅ็็ฅ็ฆ๏ผๆฃบๆ้ไนๅ ๆปกไบ็ฅ็็ฅ็ฆใ ๆฏไธๆนๅคฑๅปไบ็นๅคชไบบๅธฆ่ฟๅๅข็็ฅ่ฏ็ไบบ็ฐๅจ้ฝๅจๅคฉๅ ้๏ผไฝๆฏไธๆนไบบ้ฝๅพ่ญฆๆ๏ผ้คไบ้ฃไบๆฅๆ็็ฅ่ฏๅนถไธๆฃบๆๆฏๆๅผ็๏ผๅ ถไฝ็ไบบ้ฝๆฏ็ฉบ็๏ผ้คไบไปไปฌ็ๆฏไธไธช็ฅ็ฅท้ฝไผ่ขซๆฅๅใ ๅฃไบบ่ตขๅพไบ่ๅฉ๏ผ้ค้็ฉทไบบๅพๅฐๆๅ๏ผๅฆๅๆไบไธไผๅๆญข๏ผๅ ไธบไธ็ๅๅณไบ็ฉทไบบ็็ฅ็ฅท๏ผ่ไธๆฏไปปไฝๅญฆ่ ใ็งๅธๆๅฃไบบ็็ฅ็ฅทใ ไธ่ฆๅ็ฌๆๆ่ฟไบไบๆ ๏ผไนไธ่ฆๅฒ็ฌๅฎไปฌ๏ผๅ ไธบๅฎไปฌไผ่ฎฉไฝ ๅ็ฌใ ไธ็ๅทฒ็ป่ฝฌๅๅฐไบๅฃๅฃๆ่ฏด็็จๅบฆ๏ผๅฆๅๆๆไบบ้ฝไผ่ขซ็ฅๅฃ็ๅๅญๆถๆๆญป๏ผไป่็ปๆๅฏน็ฅ็ไธๅไฟกไปฐ๏ผๆณขๆฏไบบ็ๅฝๅฎถ้ข่ขไบๅๅฑฑๅคง๏ผไปฅๅฃๅฃ็ๅไน๏ผๆฟๆๆๅฃไบบๅนณๅฎ๏ผๅ ็ฅ็ฉ็ฝ้ปๅพทๆไพฏ่ตๅ ๏ผไธ็ๆๅ็ๅฃไบบ๏ผๆๅ๏ผไป้ๆฅ็ฅ็ฆใ ๅฎๆ๏ผ่ฏทๆ่ฑๅฏๆ็ๅฃไบบๆ้ญๅ็ๆๆ็พ็ ๅ้ฎ้ขใ