The tense rescue unfolded on the roof of a collapsed house in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, where an intensity of upper 6 on Japan's seven-point seismic scale was recorded. According to Vietnamese state media and other sources, five Vietnamese nationals who came to Japan under the specified skilled worker program discovered the collapsed house shortly after the earthquake. They also used saws and other tools to clear obstacles and worked with local residents to pull the woman to safety. Police released footage of the day's search operation, showing police dogs working through a vast field of rubble inside the shopping complex. In Yatsushiro, collapsed buildings blocked roads, while other structures had fallen into rivers.