KUMAMOTO – Some children in the quake-hit town of Mashiki were happy to see Kumamoto Prefecture’s popular black bear mascot Kumamon on Thursday after its first public appearance since the deadly April 14 earthquake.
At around 2 p.m., Kumamon appeared at the town’s convention hall, where many families are keeping their cars to sleep in as aftershocks continue rattling the area.
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