TOKYO - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some people trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall.
Speaking to reporters at her office in Tokyo, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said authorities were still assessing the full extent of the damage in the area, which was devastated by a deadly quake a decade ago.
