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- Authorities reported at least 23 deaths following an explosion at an Aeon mall in Kumamoto, while the number of injured people was not immediately specified.
- Vehicle-mounted video captured the blast roughly half an hour after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit the area.
- Military units joined rescue crews searching the destroyed mall and nearby sites as officials worked to determine how many people remained missing.
- The death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture reached 34, including cases authorities are assessing for quake links.
- At least seven people died after an explosion partially collapsed Aeon Mall in Kashima; the blast occurred about 80 minutes after the quake.
- Eight people died at a Nippon Paper Industries mill in Yatsushiro, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government reported.
- Japan’s prime minister reported 13 deaths and many injuries after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck on July 28.
- More than 260,000 people evacuated from the Kumamoto area on Kyushu after the earthquake.
- Rescue operations continued for people reported missing, while damaged roads and power outages affected communities across the region.
- The magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed at least 13 people and caused extensive damage across southern Japan.
- A Uki hospital lost electricity and stopped operating; another halted new admissions after treating 86 injured people.
- Three of eight people rescued from the damaged Aeon mall later died, while four employees remained unaccounted for.
- Two women in their 20s were confirmed dead after an explosion caused a mall in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, to collapse.
- Eight people have been found in the mall’s wreckage, while a third person was feared dead, NHK reported.
- Five other people were injured, but their injuries were not life-threatening, NHK reported.