2 Japan quake victims ordered back into Aeon Mall store to secure cash

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Following a powerful earthquake in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture, two women who died in an explosion at an Aeon Mall were reportedly ordered by their employer to return inside to secure sales cash. Company officials apologized to the victims' families and disclosed the events surrounding the incident.

Two women who died in an explosion at an Aeon shopping centre following a powerful earthquake in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture last week were instructed by their employer to return inside to put sales proceeds in a safe, according to the company. Two executives of Habita, which operates the variety store where the women died, said on Sunday they apologised to the family of one of the victims, 22-year-old Kurumi Otake, at her wake and handed over a written account of events. Otake evacuated from...