{
  "id": 543904,
  "title": "Aeon Allowed Workers to Return to Kumamoto Mall before Blast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/aeon-allowed-workers-to-return-to-kumamoto-mall-before-blast",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T07:11:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081100278/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday that it permitted some workers at shops in Aeon Mall Kumamoto to re-enter the earthquake-hit commercial facility just before a fatal explosion occurred there July 28. Workers at shops in Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, evacuated after a massive earthquake hit the southwestern prefecture that day. But...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Aeon allowed workers to return to Kumamoto mall before blast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/aeon-allowed-workers-to-return-to-kumamoto-mall-before-blast-547337",
        "published": "2026-08-11T07:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}