{
  "id": 2109566,
  "title": "Aeon Sets Up Panel to Probe Fatal Blast after Kumamoto Quake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/aeon-sets-up-panel-to-probe-fatal-blast-after-kumamoto-quake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T08:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082000685/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--Aeon Co. said Thursday it has set up a committee of outside experts to investigate a fatal blast that occurred at a shopping mall in Kumamoto Prefecture shortly after last month's earthquake in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The panel will investigate the causes of the explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto in the town of Kashima and the deaths resulting from the bla...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}