Kumamoto shopping complex destroyed after recent reopening

Key points

• The Aeon mall in southern Japan was destroyed in a post-quake explosion on Tuesday, shortly after reopening as a shopping and entertainment complex.
• The facility had reopened last month to mark recovery from the magnitude 7.3 Kumamoto earthquake, which severely damaged it in April 2016.
• After redevelopment and expansion in 2017, the complex had about 200 stores and businesses, a cinema and parking for 5,000 vehicles.