Dog found alive in rubble after 6 days cheers up disaster-hit community

A Shiba Inu dog rescued from beneath rubble six days after going missing in last month's torrential rains and landslides in western Japan has brightened up the local community devastated by the disaster.Kinuko Miyamoto, a 72-year-old neighbor rejoiced over the survival of the 7-year-old female dog named Minami in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, where many homes were swept away by mudslides in July. Miyamoto has been taking care of Minami after the dog's owner moved into a nursery home two years ago.On the morning of July 7, an upstream dam collapsed, causing landslides that crashed into Minami's…READ FULL ARTICLE