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KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2016
The top Japan news stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these national news stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 29, 2016
Beckham provides support to quake-hit Kumamoto U-16 players
David Beckham handed out signed soccer balls Thursday to the players of an under-16 select team from Kumamoto Prefecture, which was hit by two huge earthquakes in April that took the lives of 50 people.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2016
Lower 5 quake jolts Kumamoto but no damage reported
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake on Wednesday jolted Kumamoto Prefecture and other parts of Kyushu that were damaged by deadly temblors in April, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jun 9, 2016
Native son Shodai encourages kids in quake-hit Kumamoto
Kumamoto-born wrestler Shodai and members of his Sakaigawa stable visited the quake-struck prefecture on Thursday, making donations and wrestling with elementary school children to do their part in a bid for the region's recovery.
JAPAN
May 29, 2016
Central government to back tourism revival in quake-hit Kyushu
The government plans to support the revival of tourism in earthquake-hit Kyushu by subsidizing repair costs for hotels and offering accommodation discounts to both Japanese and foreign visitors.
JAPAN
May 25, 2016
Most relief funds for quake-hit Kumamoto yet to reach victims due to staff shortage
Most of the ¥750 million ($6.8 million) in relief money for victims of the powerful earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture last month has not been disbursed, local government officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
May 3, 2016
80% of Kumamoto schools to resume classes Tuesday after quakes
About 80 percent of public schools in Kumamoto Prefecture will have resumed classes by May 10 after their buildings were damaged or used as evacuation centers after last month’s powerful earthquakes, local authorities said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
1,000 quakes recorded in two Kyushu prefectures in two weeks since initial jolt
The frequency, ranging from minor jolts to the magnitude-7.3 temblor that occurred two days after the initial April 14 quake, is unusually high.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2016
Alpinist Ken Noguchi leads volunteers to set up tents for Kumamoto quake evacuees
A group of volunteers including alpinist Ken Noguchi have opened a tent village in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki to provide temporary shelter for victims of the deadly earthquakes that began April 14.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2016
In pictures: After the Kumamoto quakes
What was thought to be the strongest quake in Kyushu, registering the maximum intensity on the Japanese shindo seismic scale, turned out to be a preshock of the earthquake that rocked Kumamoto on Saturday morning. The magnitude-7.3 quake and continuous series of aftershocks triggered a number of landslides as well as the collapse and cracking of major roadways in the mountainous region of Minamiaso.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
Kumamoto residents pick up the pieces following Kyushu's strongest quake
The toll from the high-intensity earthquake in Kumamoto rises to nine dead and over 1,000 injured as rescuers comb the debris for survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
Sitting atop two faults, Mashiki should expect more shocks
Strong aftershocks might continue to rattle southwestern Japan in the wake of Kyushu's first level 7 earthquake, experts warn.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2016
Toyota, Honda suspend plants rattled by Kumamoto quake
Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. were among companies that suspended operations Friday after a powerful earthquake struck Kyushu, damaging factories and supply chains.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
Infant rescued from rubble in Mashiki more than six hours after devastating quake
An 8-month-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed house in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, in the early hours on Friday morning, more than six hours after a devastating quake pummeled the area.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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