Two people in "cardiac arrest", residents trapped after houses collapse

News outlet NHK has reported that two people have been found in a state of "cardiac arrest". The term, in Japan, usually indicates there are no signs of life in the person but their death has yet to be confirmed. The two were found after at least 18 houses collapsed in the town of Hikawa. NHK have cited Kumamoto authorities as saying there are residents still trapped in two of these houses. The public broadcaster also reports that firefighters and Self-Defence Forces are conducting res