Japan earthquake: Two workers killed in Aeon Mall blast after re-entering on boss' order
The two women's employer has apologised for sending them back to Aeon Mall to secure cash.
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Two workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were asked by a boss to re-enter the building to secure cash.
Their employer, general goods store Habita, has apologised for the "loss of two precious lives".
The two were among 38 people who died in the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture on 28 July.
"The instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I truly regret them," Habita sales director Goji Yuse said, NHK reported.
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