Destroyed Aeon mall had just reopened for 'fresh start' a decade on from deadly quake

A shopping mall in Japan that had just reopened last month after being rebuilt from the deadly 2016 Kumamoto earthquake was destroyed again, this time by Tuesday's earthquake, Channel NewsAsia reports. The Aeon mall's brief return marked what was meant to be a fresh start a decade after the original disaster.

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