Japan Ends Rescue Efforts at Quake-Hit Shopping Centre After Explosion Kills Seven
Japanese authorities concluded rescue operations at a shopping center damaged by an earthquake after an explosion resulted in seven fatalities. An Italian ambassador was dispatched to Fukuoka following the earthquake.
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Japan ends rescue at quake-hit shopping centre after explosion kills 7
Japan’s Kumamoto prefectural government said on Saturday it has ended rescue operations at an Aeon shopping centre where seven workers died in an explosion shortly after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture four days earlier. Officials said there should be no more people unaccounted for after local police and firefighters, joined by the Self-Defence Forces and others, searched the shopping centre in Kashima. Its second floor collapsed in a possible gas explosion...
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(ANSA) - TOKYO, 01 AGO - The Italian Ambassador to Japan, Mario Vattani, traveled to Fukuoka on a mission in the aftermath of the violent 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern island of Kyushu, affecting the prefecture of Kumamoto in particular. At this particularly critical time, the diplomat conveyed Italy’s concrete solidarity with the affected populations and reaffirmed our country’s commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in the prevention and management of natural ...
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