IN PICS | Japan 7.1 magnitude earthquake: Rescue efforts continue as death toll climbs to 25

Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro, southwestern Japan | AP

Responders work outside AEON Mall Kumamoto after an explosion occurred following an earthquake | AP

Collapsed houses after an earthquake in Yatsushiro | AP

Mini truck is crushed by a fallen part of a pachinko parlor building | AP

Damaged AEON Mall after an earthquake in Kashima | AP

Rescue operation at the Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s Yatsushiro factory | AP

Chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries Co's Yatsushiro factory | AP