{
  "id": 379990,
  "title": "U.S. Forces Airlift Water for Kumamoto Quake Victims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/u-s-forces-airlift-water-for-kumamoto-quake-victims",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T14:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026080900192/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 9 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. Forces Japan on Sunday airlifted a total of about 33,000 bottles of drinking water for victims of a recent powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A KC-130 aircraft of the U.S. military transported the water, weighing about 16 tons, from the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in Tokyo to the Japanese Ground Self-Defense For...",
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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."
}