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Kumamoto, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)--Kumamoto Prefecture will launch a travel discount campaign on Tuesday to stimulate tourism demand following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture in July, Governor Takashi Kimura said Friday. The discounts will apply to overnight stays in Kumamoto between Oct. 1 and Dec. 25. "We want many people to visit Kumamoto," Kimura sai...
One month after the 7.4 magnitude Chocó earthquake, Colombia counts 321 dead, more than 1,300 aftershocks and eleven reconstruction decrees. The post A Month After Colombia’s Earthquake, 321 Dead and 1,300 Aftershocks appeared first on The Rio Times.
Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his "Ashita no Joe" series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in July. "We need your help," the 87-year-old said on the website of the campaign that is scheduled to run unt...
Colombia's wealthiest businessmen flew to Quibdó with the president to plan Chocó earthquake reconstruction, a month after the 10 August quake. The post Colombia’s Richest Fly to Quibdó to Plan Chocó Earthquake Rebuild appeared first on The Rio Times.
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A major earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in July has caused the cancellation of the highlight of a festival in Yatsushiro, a city in the southwestern Japan prefecture, that dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868). Yatsushiro Myokensai is the annual autumn festival of Yatsushiro Shrine, usually held in late November. It features the "...
Kumamoto, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)--While a shopping mall explosion and areas struggling with water outages following a massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in late July have made major headlines, people in some quake-affected areas in the southwestern Japan prefecture are concerned about the lack of media coverage on their damage. There have been differences among areas in the amount of d...
Edward's father is a political prisoner. His girlfriend died in the earthquake. Now, he wants change. The post Anger, grief and hope: How one Venezuelan teenager is navigating injustice and earthquake grief appeared first on Latin America Reports.
La Guaira, Venezuela –– About a dozen women were waiting to be seen at the McDonald’s in Caraballeda, a town in La Guaira that was hit hard by Venezuela’s duel earthquakes on June 24. In late August, at one of his makeshift clinics that moved around to different locations in La Guaira, Dr. Alejandro Pazos […] The post The doctor treating women at ground zero of Venezuela’s earthquake devastation appeared first on Latin America Reports.
The disaster has compounded the existing need for services like nursing homes in Colombia. The post Colombia earthquake leaves nursing home residents left in the lurch appeared first on Latin America Reports.
The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia has left thousands of citizens without a home, strained the region’s medical system and shuttered schools. The post Colombia contemplates reconstruction a week after deadly quake appeared first on Latin America Reports.