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KUMAMOTO

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2016
Thai artists hold charity concert for quake victims in Japan, Ecuador
More than 50 Thai artists performed at a charity concert in Bangkok on Saturday to raise funds for earthquake victims in Japan and Ecuador.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2016
Abe visits quake-hit Kumamoto; service on key section of Kyushu bullet-train line resumes
Making his first visit to Kumamoto Saturday after the powerful earthquakes that hit the prefecture, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to throw his full support behind the survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016
A week after initial quake, rescuers still searching; volunteers help to clean up homes
Teams resume a desperate search for people believed buried under mud in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016
Japan's quake-affected homeowners face tense wait for safety inspections
A bright red paper with the word kiken (dangerous) printed in bold black letters is posted at the entrance of a house in the quake-hit town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, where 5,400 structures — half of the town's buildings — have been damaged.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2016
'Hometown donation' system emerges as effective way to help quake victims
Amid a flurry of fundraising and charity projects launched in the wake of last week's deadly earthquakes in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures, the "hometown tax donation system" is gaining attention as a way of getting money directly to affected municipalities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2016
Rain forces suspension of search operations in Kyushu
A week after the first of a series of strong quakes hit central Kyushu, heavy rain forces search-and-rescue operations to be suspended.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2016
Shindo: Japan's earthquake intensity scale
On April 15, the day after the first earthquake struck Kyushu, all of the nation's major newspapers carried the same headline: "Shindo 7 in Kumamoto." No further explanation was needed.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 21, 2016
Long after earthquakes, memories can trigger dizziness: expert
Amid a series of aftershocks in Kyushu after deadly earthquakes struck Kumamoto Prefecture last week, experts warn strong tremors may cause dizziness, as the March 2011 earthquake did among survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2016
Kumamoto ramen chain serves up bowls for evacuees
About 1,000 people formed long lines in the cold night air Monday at a shelter in the quake-hit town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, to get a warm bowl of ramen noodles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2016
Teen returns to Sendai to raise funds for disaster-hit adoptive home of Kumamoto
A high school boy in Kumamoto has launched a one-person charity drive in Sendai, where he was born and experienced the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, to help quake survivors in his adoptive home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 21, 2016
Sixty years on, justice eludes Minamata residents poisoned with mercury
In the early 1970s, when the country was gripped by student unrest, it was the sight of a sit-in by Minamata disease sufferers outside the headquarters of Chisso Corp. in central Tokyo that gave high schooler Yuta Jitsukawa his cause.
SOCCER
Apr 20, 2016
Japan Olympic soccer team to face Ghana in charity match for Kyushu relief efforts
Japan's Rio Olympic-bound Under-23s will play against Ghana's senior national team in an international charity match to support relief efforts following the series of earthquakes that have rocked Kumamoto and its surrounding areas in the southwestern Kyushu region, the Japan Football Association said...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
Concerns raised over support services for disabled earthquake evacuees
Nearly a week after the first deadly earthquake hit central Kumamoto, concerns are rising that evacuees with disabilities or ailments are not getting the support they need.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 20, 2016
Dispatches from the Kumamoto quake zone
Personal accounts relate tales of kindness and resilience after the initial confusion and panic of last week's deadly temblors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 20, 2016
Views from Kumamoto: What were your experiences of the quakes and their aftermath?
Residents of Kumamoto describe their ordeals as the region continues to suffer aftershocks in the wake of last week's earthquakes.
EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2016
Health of Kumamoto evacuees
The government needs to step forward now to ensure the health of long-term evacuees in the Kyushu quake zone.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
Quake-hit areas in Kumamoto give green light to volunteers
The social welfare council in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, which was heavily damaged by one of last week's earthquakes, announced Wednesday that they will start accepting volunteers from Thursday to sort out relief supplies and provide other support to evacuees.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2016
Quakes seen to all but rule out possibility of double election for Abe
Aftershocks from the deadly twin earthquakes that rocked the Kyushu region have sent shock waves all the way to Tokyo's Nagata-cho, the political heart of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
Ginza Kumamoto-kan 'antenna shop' logs record sales for disaster-hit prefecture
As a series of aftershocks continued to rattle Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday, swarms of people turned up at an outlet run by its government in Tokyo's Ginza district, hoping to support the disaster-hit region by purchasing local specialties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
As Kyushu hospital rocks from aftershocks, Kumamoto mom, 34, brings girl into world
About 13 minutes after the magnitude-7.3 quake hit Kyushu early Saturday morning, a baby girl was born in a hospital in the city of Kumamoto.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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