HOPE DWINDLES FOR RESCUE IN SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN QUAKE AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 23

AEON Mall shopping center, where an explosion occurred following a powerful earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Kai Naito/Kyodo News via AP) 2026-07-30T02:46:36Z KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in southwestern Japan earlier this…

Associated Press reports that aEON Mall shopping center, where an explosion occurred following a powerful earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2026.

The report adds: (Kai Naito/Kyodo News via AP) 2026-07-30T02:46:36Z KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes in southwestern Japan earlier this…

Time was running out for finding survivors as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.

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