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Japan: Aftermath of Massive M7.1 Kumamoto Earthquake 2

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto region of Japan on Tuesday, July 28, registering a level 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, leaving 36 dead as of Friday, July 31. An explosion was reported at the AEON Mall Kumamoto shortly after the quake, a chimney also collapsed at a paper factory, and more than 1,500 homes were reported destroyed or damaged across the affected areas.

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Japan: Aftermath of Massive M7.1 Kumamoto Earthquake

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto region of Japan on Tuesday, July 28, registering a level 7 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, leaving 36 dead as of Friday, July 31. An explosion was reported at the AEON Mall Kumamoto shortly after the quake, a chimney also collapsed at a paper factory, and more than 1,500 homes were reported destroyed or damaged across the affected areas.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations under way at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations under way at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Police officers and others are seen during their search and rescue operations at the damaged Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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CORRECTED: Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

A collapsed factory building of Nippon Paper Industries Co. is pictured in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

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Strong quake jolts southwestern Japan+

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 28, 2026, shows a snapped chimney at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. factory in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Nvidia CEO Huang in Tokyo

(From L) Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang, Fujitsu Ltd. President Takahito Tokita, Fanuc Corp. President Kenji Yamaguchi, Yaskawa Electric Corp. Vice Chairman Masahiro Ogawa and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuhiko Hashimoto pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2026.

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Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI

Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI. The photo shows, from left to right: Jensen Huang (Founder and CEO of NVIDIA), Takahito Tokita (President and CEO of Fujitsu), Kenji Yamaguchi (President and CEO of Fanuc), Masahiro Ogawa (Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Yaskawa Electric), and Yasuhiko Hashimoto (President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries).=July 16,2026,Tokyo

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Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI

Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI. The photo shows, from left to right: Jensen Huang (Founder and CEO of NVIDIA), Takahito Tokita (President and CEO of Fujitsu), Kenji Yamaguchi (President and CEO of Fanuc), Masahiro Ogawa (Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Yaskawa Electric), and Yasuhiko Hashimoto (President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries).=July 16,2026,Tokyo

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Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI

Fujitsu Begins Exploring Business Opportunities in the Field of Physical AI. The photo shows, from left to right: Jensen Huang (Founder and CEO of NVIDIA), Takahito Tokita (President and CEO of Fujitsu), Kenji Yamaguchi (President and CEO of Fanuc), Masahiro Ogawa (Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Yaskawa Electric), and Yasuhiko Hashimoto (President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries).=July 16,2026,Tokyo

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Supply chain expo in Beijing

Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto visits a booth of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. -- where he serves as chairman -- on the opening day of the five-day China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on June 22, 2026. Over 670 companies and organizations from 85 countries, regions and international agencies are taking part in the annual event, launched in 2023.

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Japan: H3 Rocket Successfully Launches from Tanegashima in New Configuration Debut

Japan's H3 rocket successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Friday, June 12, at 9:53 a.m. local time. The rocket reached its intended orbit, marking a successful mission for the country's flagship launch vehicle.

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Japan: H3 Rocket Successfully Launches from Tanegashima in New Configuration Debut 2

Japan's H3 rocket successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Friday, June 12, at 9:53 a.m. local time. The rocket reached its intended orbit, marking a successful mission for the country's flagship launch vehicle.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo

Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo=April 9,2026,Tokyo

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo

Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo=April 9,2026,Tokyo

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo

Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign and logo=April 9,2026,Tokyo

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Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo

Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo=March 13,2026,Tokyo

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Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo

Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo=March 13,2026,Tokyo

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Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo

Nippon Carbide Industries signboard and logo=March 13,2026,Tokyo

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Topy Industries signboard and logo

Topy Industries signboard and logo=February 20,2026,Tokyo

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Topy Industries signboard and logo

Topy Industries signboard and logo=February 20,2026,Tokyo

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Topy Industries signboard and logo

Topy Industries signboard and logo=February 20,2026,Tokyo

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