Kumamoto, Japan, July 30, 2026 (AFP) - Japan quake toll hits 28 as survivors struggle in heat

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2026-07-30

Japanese emergency workers battled Thursday to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 28 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. The government issued the new tally as Kumamoto officials said they have now extracted four bodies from the mass of rubble, steel and wires of the Aeon shopping mall after a suspected gas blast following Tuesday's quake. At the mall, "we have pull......

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