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Shindo: Japan’s earthquake intensity scale
On April 15, the day after the first earthquake struck Kyushu, all of the nation’s major newspapers carried the same headline: “Shindo 7 in Kumamoto.” No further explanation was needed.
Tracking the impact of the Japan earthquake in maps and charts | CNN
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday morning, causing damage to buildings and numerous injuries and deaths.
How Japan Reduced Deaths From a Major Quake
After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.
How Japan Reduced Deaths From a Major Quake
After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.
Japan Kumamoto earthquake: What happened and what we know so far
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu island, causing building collapses, fires and widespread damage.
Japan earthquake: Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers race to find people trapped in mall
The quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Kyushu island in south-west Japan on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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Disaster Preparedness TokyoApp App - App Store
Download Disaster Preparedness TokyoApp by Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like…
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Disaster preparedness in Japan: Apps, websites, etc. - aiueo
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2026 Kumamoto earthquake
On 28 July 2026 at 16:27:15 JST, an earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan with a magnitude of Mww 6.8 (MJMA 7.1) at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). At least 13 people were killed while hundreds more were injured.
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Major updates and announcements
🧵 Information from the Kumamoto Support Center for Foreign Residents regarding the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake: facebook.com/KumamotoSupportCenterforForei…
2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
Earthquake in Kumamoto, Japan on July 28, 2026. Search terms: 令和8年熊本地震
Kumamoto, Japan Earthquake (2026-07-29)
Japanese media
Reputations, biases, past controversies. I know about Sankei Shimbun and I have some idea about the national newspapers, but I honestly don’t know anything at all about most local ones. Japan has poor press freedom in general (ranked 62nd out of 180 countries for 2026, and that’s after the ranking went up, not because of improvement in Japan but because other countries’ conditions have worsened)
令和8年熊本地震動物対策本部 被災犬猫保護情報掲載サイト | 環境省（熊本県）supported by 共立製薬株式会社
熊本に入るボランティアは「アスベストに注意を」 健康被害防ぐには？ 被災地では周知が後回しになりがち：東京新聞デジタル
How Japan Reduced Deaths From a Major Quake
Study finds unknown fault set off powerful Kumamoto quake
始まりは未知の小断層か 熊本震度7、見えてきた破壊プロセス
台湾の支援物資が熊本県に到着 衛生用品不足で「ありがたい」 | NEWSjp
「報道の自由」からの逃走(222) | Tansa
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産経新聞「沖縄県が観光収入を過大発表 反米に利用か」報道は本当か？
裁判所も「不十分」だと認めた産経新聞記事の問題点
沖縄2紙を「日本人として恥」と批判した産経新聞の記事削除 問題がはらむ危険性とは
世論調査を当面休止 架空回答でフジテレビと産経新聞 調査先の電話番号なく不正気づかず
Japan earthquake: Death toll rises to 13 as rescuers race to find people trapped in mall
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