{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Live: Major earthquake strikes southwestern Japan; govt forms task force to assess destruction and launch rescues, PM Takaichi confirms",
  "summary": "A powerful earthquake has hit southwestern Japan, destroying infrastructure, triggering blazes, and leaving multiple people dead and injured. Rescue teams are working urgently after a shopping centre in Kashima sustained heavy collapse.",
  "content": "A powerful earthquake has hit southwestern Japan, destroying infrastructure, triggering blazes, and leaving multiple people dead and injured. Rescue teams are working urgently after a shopping centre in Kashima sustained heavy collapse.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/live/live-major-earthquake-strikes-southwestern-japan-govt-forms-task-force-to-assess-destruction-and-launch-rescues-pm-takaichi-confir-11430",
  "category": "Live",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-28",
  "tags": [
    "Japan earthquake",
    "live updates",
    "breaking news"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}