Japan on Friday ramped up its search and rescue operations in quake-ravaged Ishikawa Prefecture, deploying additional police and Self-Defense Forces members, as the death toll rose to 94 with over 200 people unaccounted for.The search for survivors faced ongoing challenges due to extensive structural damage, landslides and aftershocks following the magnitude-7.6 temblor that struck the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day.The National Police Agency has boosted its disaster response team in Ishikawa Prefecture to around 1,100 from 700, while the government has more than doubled the number of SDF…READ FULL ARTICLE
