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Japan earthquake death toll rises to 34 as evacuees battle sweltering heat
Several people died after part of a shopping centre collapsed and an explosion ripped through the mall about an hour later.
The quake-hit Aeon mall in Kumamoto had just reopened last month as a revamped shopping complex.
Rescuers were also combing a Nippon Paper factory in Yatsushiro city, where at least five people have died after the factory partially collapsed during the quake.
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