Close to a quarter of a million people have been evacuated from their homes as the search for survivors goes on after a series of strong earthquakes in southern Japan.
The rescue operation in the worst-affected region, Kumamoto prefecture, continued overnight, despite deteriorating weather conditions, with strong winds and heavy rain.
The death toll from Saturday morning's 7.3-magnitude quake now stands at 32, with a thousand more injured. Nine others were killed in Thursday's tremors.
Travelling towards the epicentre, we saw ambulances and a number of doctors' cars as volunteer teams arrive from across the country.
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