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Toshifumi Kitamura, with Kyoko Hasegawa in Tokyo

Woman In 90s Pulled From Rubble Five Days After Japan Quake

Rescuers carry away the body of a landslide victim (Credit: AFP)

A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued against the odds, but snow and storms were expected to complicate relief efforts on Sunday.

At least 126 people died in the magnitude-7.5 tremor on New Year's Day and its aftershocks -- a toll that is sure to rise, with 222 others reported missing to local authorities.

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