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Over 1,000 still in Japan shelters 3 months after Kumamoto quake: ‘exhausted all the time’

Kyodo · South China Morning Post
Published 28 Oct 2026, 11:56 am·54 min ago·1 min read
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More than 1,000 people are still taking shelter in evacuation centres, awaiting temporary housing three months after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, damaging their homes. The quake occurred at 4.27pm on July 28. As of Monday, the death toll stood at 38 – 36 from confirmed disaster-related causes and two suspected to be disaster-related – bringing the number of casualties to 420. Evacuation centres remain open at 21 locations in seven cities and towns. In...

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