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YAME, Japan \u2014 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing.<\/p>\n

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it\u2019s a race against time,\u201d Takaichi said. \u201cWe will go all out to find and rescue as many people as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takaichi offered her condolences to the victims and sympathy to their relatives, while urging those affected by the quake to take care of themselves under the hot weather.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Self Defense Forces joined rescue workers in the search and rescue operations at a badly damaged shopping mall and were delivering water, food and other necessities to the hard-hit areas, she said.<\/p>\n

The quake collapsed the second floor of the Aeon Mall in Kashima Town, trapping people, according to the fire department in the prefectural capital of Kumamoto.<\/p>\n

A chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries Co.\u2019s Yatsushiro factory, trapping people under the debris, the Kumamoto emergency team said.<\/p>\n