KUMAMOTO, July 29, 2026 -- Firefighters work outside the damaged AEON Mall Kumamoto, a major shopping complex in Kashima Town of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, July 29, 2026. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that three people have been confirmed dead after an explosion rocked a shopping mall in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto following a powerful earthquake. Speaking at leer más a meeting of the government's emergency disaster response headquarters, Takaichi said that at AEON Mall Kumamoto, a major shopping complex in Kashima Town, many others remained trapped inside. Takaichi also said multiple people were still missing after the collapse of a smokestack at a Nippon Paper factory in Yatsushiro City, with intensive rescue operations continuing at both locations. leer menos