Japan 7.1 quake: Many feared trapped in mall

AFP and staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source “Many people” were feared trapped in a stricken shopping mall in Japan late yesterday, authorities said, after a major earthquake toppled buildings, sparked fires and reportedly injured more than 100 people.In Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said that no Taiwanese nationals had been reported injured or otherwise affected by the quake. Japanese private broadcaster TBS reported that a “considerable number” were feared dead inside the mall in the town of Kashima after the fire brigade said that the second floor collapsed in the magnitude 7.1 tremor. An aerial image shows the damaged AEON Mall following an earthquake in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, yesterday. Photo: Kyodo News via AP Public broadcaster NHK cited p