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is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. - Source: Wikipedia

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A rescue worker walks in front of AEON Mall, which was damaged by an explosion following an earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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This aerial image shows the damaged AEON Mall following an earthquake in Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

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A store sign of a restaurant is seen fallen on the ground after an earthquake in Kumamoto in the Kyushu island, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

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A visitor looks at the fallen roofs of the Yatsuhiro Shrine, a day after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)

Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 13 as rescuers search for the missing

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The Type-12 land-to-ship missile launcher is shown at the Camp Kengun in the Kumamoto prefecture, western Japan, on March 17, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan bolsters security with its first long-range missiles

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A road is flooded follwoing a heavy rain in Nagasu town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP)

Torrential rains in southern Japan cause flooding, mudslides, and travel disruptions

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A car is stuck in a flooded road by heavy rain in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, Saturday, July 4, 2020. The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the heavy rain warnings in many parts of the prefectures to the highest level shortly before 5 a.m. It was the first time for the agency to do so in the two prefectures, Kumamoto and Kagoshima. (Kyodo News via AP)

Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead

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