Powerful earthquake strikes southern Japan
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PM Sanae Takaichi urges people ‘to remain vigilant for the possibility of another earthquake of similar magnitude’.
A residential building on fire after an earthquake struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, today. Kyodo News via Reuters About 80 people hurt during the earthquake were being treated at the Yatsushiro Northern Regional Medical Center in Hikawa,
When tsunami alerts went out across a wide area of Japan on July 30, many foreign tourists were left in the dark to the threat and the recommended course of action due to the language barrier.