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Aftershocks bring misery for Japan quake survivors; death toll to 47

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers conduct search and rescue operations at a collapsed apartment

Aftershocks rattled survivors of deadly Japanese earthquakes, nearly a week after the first one struck, as the area braced for heavy rain later on Wednesday and the possibility of more landslides.

Rescuers using backhoes and shovels to dig through crumbled houses swept away in a landslide found a lifeless woman, one of several people still missing, taking the toll of dead to 47.

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