If you’re just joining us, here’s the latest info we’ve got on the earthquake in Japan:
A major, 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan, toppling buildings and sparking firesOne of the areas of most concern is the Aeon Mall shopping centre in Kumamoto in Japan’s southwest, where authorities say a “considerable number” of people are feared deadPictures show extensive damage to the building, which had only re-opened a month agoJapanese public broadcaster NHK says between 20 and 30 workers in the shopping centre cannot be contactedMultiple people are also unaccounted for at a factory in Yatsushiro city where the tip of a chimney fell down, NHK reportedMany roads were closed and high-speed shinkansen train services were suspended in the region affected by Tuesday’s quake
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