Japan hit by series of earthquakes

Scores of people are sleeping in their cars after a series of terrifying earthquakes that have killed 41 people and injured around 1,500 in southern Japan.

Search efforts resumed for about half a dozen missing people in debris-strewn communities in a mountainous area near Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan.

Prime minister Shinzo Abe said the defence ministry is co-ordinating with the US military in Japan to add US aircraft to the search and recovery effort.