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Japan needs post-Kumamoto quake overhaul after factory damage, gas blast
Japan Today
Ten years ago, Kumamoto Prefecture was jolted by two earthquakes that registered the maximum level of 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, triggered by moves of the northern…
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