By TAKAHIRO TAKENOUCHI/ Staff Writer
June 9, 2020 at 18:40 JST
Misato town gymnasium was opened for evacuees for the first time in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 21. (Rieko Ohgi)
With the looming rainy season and the prospect of hugely damaging torrential rains, vulnerable municipalities in southern Japan are trying desperately to convince residents they must evacuate in an emergency despite fears of new coronavirus contagion. [Read More]
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