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QINGCHUAN, Sichuan - A team of Japanese rescuers arrived here in one of the province's worst-hit counties at 3:30 pm on Friday, and immediately got on with the job of trying to save lives. The 31-member team was the first foreign aid group to arrive in China. Others, from Russia, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Singapore, arrived in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, later on Friday, and are also now involved in the massive rescue operation. The Japanese team was sent to help at a six-story residential building. Team leader Takashi Koizumi said three survivors had been found in the rubble and the rescuers were digging them out by hand, as they feared using machinery might cause a further collapse. Nine bodies had earlier been pulled out of the debris, he said. Twenty-nine other Japanese rescue professionals, with their sniffer dogs, joined the original team later on Friday, Koizumi said. The workers will stay in Qingchuan for about a week, he said. A team of 50 Russian experts and sniffer d...

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