{
  "id": 3205436,
  "title": "Free Laundry Services Help Evacuees in Quake-Hit Kumamoto",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/free-laundry-services-help-evacuees-in-quake-hit-kumamoto",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:15:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082400078/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hikawa, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)--Local dry cleaning and laundry businesses in Kumamoto Prefecture are washing clothes free of charge for disaster evacuees after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture last month. A laundry facility affiliated with the White Express dry cleaning and laundry chain in the Miyahara district of the town of Hikawa has sent...",
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  "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."
}