A woman in her 90s was rescued from her home five days after a devastating earthquake struck Japan.
The unnamed woman was pulled out alive from the house in Suzu city, Ishikawa county, five days after the natural disaster, which has killed at least 126 people.
Chances of survival of after earthquakes diminish after the first 72 hours, but several other dramatic rescues have been reported over the past few days as soldiers, firefighters and others joined a widespread effort.
Among the 126 dead was a five-year-old boy who had been recovering from injuries he suffered when boiling water spilled on him during Monday's earthquake. His condition suddenly worsened and he died on Friday.
Ishikawa has been the hardest hit region of the earthquake while Wajima city has recorded the highest number of deaths with 69, followed by Suzu with 38.
On Friday it was reported that around 250 are still missing.
The quakes left roofs sitting on roads and everything beneath them crushed flat, roads were warped like rubber, and fire turned one neighbourhood in Wajima to ashes.
More than 200 people are still unaccounted for, although the number has fluctuated. Eleven people were reported trapped under two homes that collapsed in Anamizu.
In an unusual gesture from North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolence to Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Saturday.
Japan earlier received messages expressing sympathy and promises of aid from President Joe Biden and other allies.
Government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that Japan was grateful for all the messages, including the one from North Korea. He said the last time Japan received a condolence message from Pyongyang for a disaster was in 1995.
Along Japan's coastline, power was gradually being restored, but water supplies were still short, and emergency water systems were also damaged.
Thousands of troops were flying and trucking in water, food and medicine to the more than 30,000 people who had fled to auditoriums, schools and other facilities.
The national Yomiuri newspaper reported that its aerial study had located more than 100 landslides in the area, and some were blocking lifeline roads.
