Several people are trapped inside a shopping centre after a strong earthquake hit south-west Japan, officials say.
Some local media reports that there was an explosion at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto, following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake.
The quake hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT), with more than 150,000 people being told to move to evacuation shelters. There was a brief tsunami warning that was lifted within the hour.
Emergency services said "many people" were trapped inside the Aeon Mall in the Kumamoto region.
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