Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 34

KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 31 (Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit southwestern ​Japan earlier this week ​rose to 34 on Friday ⁠from 25 previously, the ​Kumamoto prefecture government said in ​a statement.

A further six people have been seriously injured by the ​earthquake that struck late ​on Tuesday, leading to buildings collapsing, roads ‌rupturing ⁠and supply chains getting snarled.

Nearly half of those killed were caught up in ​two major ​incidents: ⁠Nippon Paper Industries' (3863.T), opens new tab paper mill, which suffered ​major structural damage, and ​Aeon's (8267.T), opens new tab shopping ⁠mall, where a possible gas explosion occurred.

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