Japan quake survivors struggle with shortages, search for missing goes on

Residents stand next to their collapsed houses in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 19, 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Survivors of a series of Japanese quakes measuring up to 7.3 struggled on Tuesday with shortages of food and water as the death toll rose to 44 and rescuers dug through mud and rubble for the missing, but hopes dimmed of finding them alive.

Japanese stocks bounced back from Monday's slide, with electronics manufacturer Sony Corp climbing 6.7 percent after saying its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, shut after the quake, makes components mainly for digital cameras.