{
  "id": 3437885,
  "title": "Kumamoto Quake Damages Japan's Top Tomato Production Center",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/kumamoto-quake-damages-japans-top-tomato-production-center",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T05:47:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082600110/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--The July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture has dealt a blow to Japan's top tomato production center in the city of Yatsushiro, damaging irrigation systems and greenhouse equipment. Yatsushiro, where a seismic intensity of upper 6 was recorded on the Japanese scale of 7, topped the country's municipalities in tomato harvest volume for the ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Japan’s top tomato production hub damaged following Kumamoto earthquake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/japans-top-tomato-production-hub-damaged-following-kumamoto-earthquake",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:54:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}