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Household Waste Piling Up After Kumamoto Earthquake

In areas of Kumamoto Prefecture hit by a major earthquake in July, collecting and incinerating massive amounts of household waste has become difficult. Since the earthquake, which registered the maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, household waste has kept piling up, posing serious challenges for municipalities.

We haven't written up this one. The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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