The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Quake death toll in central Japan tops 80, with 72-hr window closingTOKYO - Search and rescue operations continued in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising above 80 and some 180 unaccounted for in Ishikawa Prefecture as of Thursday.In Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for an "all-out effort" to save as many lives as possible during the first 72 hours following the magnitude-7.6 quake disaster, after which the victim survival…READ FULL ARTICLE
