7月28日，日本熊本县发生6.8级地震，造成38人遇难[1]。地震引发的Aeon Mall商场爆炸导致7人死亡，其中两名来自零售商Habita的员工在上司的指示下重新进入受损建筑物时丧生[1]。
根据调查，这两名员工被要求返回建筑物将现金从收银台转移到保险箱[1]。其中一名已确认身份的死者是22岁的Kurumi Otake[1]。事后，Habita销售总监Goji Yuse为这一决定道歉，表示"当时给出的指示是不恰当的，我为此真诚地悔恨"[1]。他还补充称，"回过头来看，这不值一条生命"[1]。
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan on July 28, killing 38 people overall [1]. An explosion at Aeon Mall in the aftermath claimed seven lives, including two employees of Habita who died after being ordered by their supervisor to re-enter the damaged building [1].
The two Habita workers were instructed to return to the structure to transfer cash from the register to a safe [1]. One of the victims, identified as 22-year-old Kurumi Otake, was among those who perished in the blast [1]. Following the tragedy, Habita's sales director Goji Yuse acknowledged the decision to send employees back inside, stating that "the instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I am sincerely remorseful" [1]. Reflecting on the incident, Yuse told media that "looking back, it was not worth a life" [1].