By HIDEKI ITO/ Staff Writer
April 14, 2021 at 15:40 JST
A family of five who still lives in temporary housing in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, sees a display of "koinobori," carp-shaped streamers, on April 13. (Minako Yoshimoto)
KUMAMOTO--The prefectural government here on April 14 held a memorial ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes that killed nearly 300 people, which was streamed live over the internet for the first time. [Read More]
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