Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
July 3, 2021 at 13:15 JST
Workers clean up the soy sauce factory at Iwanaga Shoyu on July 8, 2020, after it was inundated by floodwaters more than two meters high during torrential rains. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
“The water was 180 centimeters high here, and reached 2 meters there,” said Kozo Iwanaga as he pointed out sites inundated by flooding in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, this time last year. [Read More]
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