Two workers killed in blast after re-entering quake-hit Japan mall on boss' order

The two story

The two women's employer has apologised for sending them back to Aeon Mall to secure cash

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The two backdrop

The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in two, workers, killed, blast, entering, as BBC has documented.

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Our two read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of two, workers, killed, blast, entering: The two women's employer has apologised for sending them back to Aeon Mall to secure cash.