Japan quake death toll rises to 13 after newly reopened Aeon Mall collapses

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late on Tuesday afternoon. “There

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least 13 people near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and rescuers are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath the rubble, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday.

Japan quake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall  Reuters

A massive explosion ripped through Aeon Mall in Kumamoto just weeks after its grand reopening, leaving up to 30 employees unaccounted for.

The Aeon mall had reopened just last month after being rebuilt following the deadly 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, but was destroyed again in Tuesday's earthquake in Japan.