THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 10, 2020 at 16:50 JST
Partitions are set up to provide some privacy for residents who evacuated to a junior high school gym in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 9. Up to 124 people from 61 households in Kuma and elsewhere are taking refuge there. (Jun Kaneko)
Heavy downpours that caused dozens of deaths on the main island of Kyushu will continue in wide areas of western and eastern Japan at least through July 12, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. [Read More]
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