KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — The death toll climbed to 34 from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan that set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and

Japanese 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.

Dozens of people were hospitalized after the earthquake hit southern Japan. According to media reports, many are feared dead after a shopping mall partially collapsed in the town…