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- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, disrupting regional economic activity, damaging commercial facilities and factories, and affecting logistics.
- An explosion at an Aeon-operated shopping mall in Kashima killed at least three people, Aeon President Akio Yoshida said Wednesday.
- A collapsed smokestack at Nippon Paper Industries’ Yatsushiro plant trapped 11 people; seven were found, including five dead, while four remained missing, the prefectural government said.
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Rescue operations continued Wednesday at the Aeon shopping mall, where at least three people had died, while four people remained missing at the Yatsushiro plant, the prefectural government said.
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