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2016 KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE

A Mie Prefectural Police patrol car in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2026
Post-quake crime and scams compound misery for Kumamoto residents
Suspicious activity around damaged homes and evacuation shelters has prompted police forces around the country to send hundreds of officers to patrol affected areas.
Bottled water delivered as relief supplies to the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Vice Camp Takayubaru in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sunday
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
U.S. Forces airlift water for Kumamoto earthquake victims
The operation sent about 33,000 bottles of drinking water to the area.
The main gate and sections of the wall at Kinparo, a Japanese-style inn at Hinagu hot spring resort registered as a national tangible cultural property, after they collapsed, in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2026
Owner of Kumamoto inn expresses resolve amid concern over earthquake damage
The inn, the main building and main gate of which are nationally registered tangible cultural properties, suffered extensive damage in the July 28 quake.
Municipal officials and volunteers deliver relief goods to an evacuation center set up at an elementary school in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2026
Survivors battle heat over first weekend since Kumamoto quake
A woman in her 70s died of suspected heatstroke while sheltering in her car, in what is believed to be a ¡°disaster-related death¡± of the disaster.
Disaster relief workers search for car keys at the Kyuganji Temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Friday after the first floor of the temple's residential quarters collapsed following a major quake that struck the region on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2026
Kumamoto showing early signs of quake recovery as transportation routes resume
Shinkansen lines, flights and highways began resuming operations Friday, suggesting the damage to infrastructure was not as devastating as the 2016 temblor.
Cars queue to enter a gas station in the city of Uki in Kumamoto Prefecture on Thursday, two days after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck the area.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2026
Kumamoto¡¯s foreign community leans on 2016 lessons after quake
The prefecture¡¯s foreign residents checked in with neighbors, translated information and warnings, and helped to secure emergency supplies after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
A general view shows damage to part of the Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2026
Wrecked Aeon mall had just reopened for ¡®fresh start¡¯ decade after 2016 quake
The Aeon mall destroyed in a post-quake explosion in southern Japan on Tuesday had just reopened last month.
Children look at a section of a collapsed road in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday, after an earthquake struck the region the previous day.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2026
Fault zone in Kumamoto responsible for a 2016 quake likely triggered latest temblor
The Hinagu and Futagawa fault zones caused the two major earthquakes 10 years ago, with the former likely to have caused Tuesday¡¯s 7.1 magnitude temblor.
Shinobu Yamato, speaks to reporters near the former site of the Aso Ohashi Bridge, where her son died in 2016 when the bridge collapsed, in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2026
Mother¡¯s grief continues 10 years after Kumamoto quake
¡°Hikaru mattered more than my own life,¡± Shinobu Yamato said with tears in her eyes. ¡°Ten years on, I cannot see him, hear him or touch him.¡±
Hion Kurahara, 17, delivers a speech during a ceremony in Kumamoto on Thursday, exactly 10 years since the main earthquake of a series of major quakes occurred in 2016.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 16, 2026
10 years after Kumamoto earthquakes, 278 victims remembered
About 250 people, including Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara and bereaved families, attended the ceremony and prayed for the deceased.
A memorial altar marking the 10th anniversary of the foreshock of the Kumamoto earthquake in the town of Mashiki on Tuesday
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Victims mourned as Kumamoto Prefecture marks 10 years since deadly earthquakes
The April 2016 quakes claimed the lives of a total of 278 people in Kumamoto and neighboring Oita Prefecture, including deaths from indirect causes.
Restoration work of Kumamoto Castle's main tower (front) has been completed, but the Uto-yagura tower (back, covered) is still undergoing repairs 10 years after a pair of powerful earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2026
Kumamoto Castle restoration continues 10 years after quakes
The initial aim was to complete reconstruction in fiscal 2037, but the goal was extended to fiscal 2052 due to the complexity of the work involved.
A town-organized memorial service held for the first time in five years on Sunday in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2026
Memorial held for Kumamoto quake victims 10 years on
At the ceremony, held by the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto, 184 participants, including bereaved families, observed a minute of silence, offering prayers for the victims.
Prototypes of bronze statues of the Straw Hat Pirates crew members from "One Piece" on display at the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art on Friday
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2026
Quake recovery exhibition opens in Kumamoto with ¡®One Piece¡¯ tie-in
The exhibition showcasing reconstruction efforts after the April 2016 earthquakes runs from Friday through May 24.
Shinobu Yamato (right), the mother of Hikaru Yamato who died in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, mourns her son along with Hikaru's brother Shogo in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2025
Family mourns university student killed in 2016 Kumamoto earthquake
The earthquakes claimed the lives of 278 people, including those who died due to indirect causes, in Kumamoto and the neighboring prefecture of Oita.
A memorial ceremony was held for the victims of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake on Sunday in the city of Kumamoto.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2024
Kumamoto quake victims remembered eight years on
At the Kumamoto earthquake-remembrance ceremony, participants observed a minute of silence and some laid flowers for the victims.
A member of the Self-Defense Forces leads residents from Fukamimachi, a village isolated by the Jan. 1 earthquake, to safety in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 11, 2024
Ishikawa earthquake response sees growing opposition scrutiny
Criticisms of the number of SDF personnel deployed to the area and level of financial support for evacuees have grown louder among opposition parties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2023
Disasters can be deadly, but the aftermaths can be deadlier
Largely forgotten, more people died in the days, weeks and months after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes due to illness and depression than in the quakes themselves.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2020
¡®#Handball Strive¡¯: The team may be fake, but the film is a winner
Daigo Matsui¡¯s comedy about a sham high school handball team feels more like the real deal thanks to a younger cast.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2019
Three years on, officials and residents pay their respects to victims of Kumamoto quakes
Mashiki officials offered silent prayers on Tuesday for the victims of the powerful earthquakes that hit the town and other areas of Kumamoto Prefecture three years ago.
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Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
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The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
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As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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