Foreign embassies and other diplomatic missions were arranging transportation and offering advice for non-Japanese people affected by the recent Kyushu earthquakes as local officials struggled to get a handle on their situation.
“We are trying to reach municipalities to find out the numbers of non-Japanese evacuees,” said a spokesman in the international division of the Kumamoto Prefectural Government. “It is difficult at the moment, given the confusion.”
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