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Kumamoto commemorates 5th anniversary of deadly quakes Today 06:00 am JST Today | 06:43 am JST KUMAMOTO
The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on Wednesday commemorated the fifth anniversary of a pair of massive earthquakes that killed 276 people, with hundreds still living in makeshift homes despite progress in the rebuilding of infrastructure. The memory of sadness on that day will never disappear. My family has got by with the kindness and support of many people, said Kenzo Tomioka, who lost his 83-year-old father in one of the quakes, at a memorial ceremony held at the Kumamoto prefectural government office.
Tomioka, 58, from the Kumamoto town of Kashima was among the 34 attendants at the ceremony, which was scaled down for the second year in a row due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.