The death toll from a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the west coast of central Japan on Monday has risen to 48, latest reports quoting local authorities said.
The number of casualties is feared to rise as rescue operations are in full swing in search of people who are trapped under the rubble of buildings collapsed in the quake.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a news conference following an emergency Cabinet meeting Tuesday that access to the northern part of the secluded Noto Peninsula was cut after a road was split into two.
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