{
  "id": 108229,
  "title": "Japan’s prime minister tours quake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/japans-prime-minister-tours-quake-hit-sites-as-recovery-efforts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T00:59:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/04/japan-earthquake-prime-minister-visit-recovery-heat-sanae-takaichi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 people Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has visited the south-western prefecture of Kumamoto, where recovery efforts are being hampered by heat and a lack of water supplies, almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed dozens and caused widespread damage.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Two workers who died in quake-hit Japan mall were sent in to get cash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/two-workers-who-died-in-quake-hit-japan-mall-were-sent-in-to-get-cash",
        "published": "2026-08-03T23:52:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}