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KUMAMOTO

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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 14, 2016
Cracks appear in media's view of disasters
The Great East Japan Earthquake was Japan's first major natural disaster since the rise of social media, and emergency planning outfits have been studying the data from March 11, 2011, in order better use SNS to save lives and help survivors. Online activities related to the current seismic activity...
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LIFE / Travel
May 14, 2016
A landscape of life and death in Kyushu
Despite my short stature, I have to bend nearly in half to enter the underground chamber of reconstructed fifth-century tomb in the Kumamoto Prefecture Decorative Tumulus Museum. The entire tomb is modeled after an actual mound in the nearby city of Yamaga, and inside the chamber, a replica stone altar...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2016
Abe's questionable handling of the Kumamoto quakes
The Abe administration is making a shameful attempt to use the Kumamoto earthquakes to further and unrelated political agenda.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 8, 2016
Media show Kumamoto was woefully ill-prepared for disabled evacuees
It was heartening to see newspapers focusing on the difficulties disabled people face when disaster strikes, but far less heartening to hear what they had to say about the facts on the ground in Kumamoto.
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JAPAN
May 6, 2016
Sex assault likely at evacuation centers, groups warn
Support groups in Kumamoto raise the alarm about sexual assault as the lack of privacy in evacuation shelters gives rise to risky safety conditions.
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BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK
May 3, 2016
Alvark coach Ito sticks with predecessor's focus on defense
This season, the Toyota Alvark have played under a new head coach, Takuma Ito, and they've had remarkable success.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 2, 2016
Let's discuss what to do with pets in quake-hit Kumamoto
As evacuees with pets in quake-hit Kumamoto shy away or are even banned from moving into evacuation shelters, Ryunosuke Animal Hospital has opened its doors to pets and their owners.

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