HELP ON THE WAY Firefighters patrol a street beside collapsed houses in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. More than 500 earthquakes have rocked Kumamoto and other parts of central Kyushu since April 14, stoking fears that houses not damaged in the two major quakes could yet be affected. AFP PHOTO
HELP ON THE WAY Firefighters patrol a street beside collapsed houses in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday. More than 500 earthquakes have rocked Kumamoto and other parts of central Kyushu since April 14, stoking fears that houses not damaged in the two major quakes could yet be affected. AFP PHOTO

MINAMI-ASO, Japan: Japan late Monday enlisted US help to airlift supplies to some of the 100,000 people made homeless by earthquakes in the country’s south, as rescuers struggled to find those still missing in a massive landslide.

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