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Event commemorating western Japan disaster

Lit candles create a message "Hold on, Mabi" at an event held on the night of Jan. 8, 2019, in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in memory of people killed in deadly rains that hit the region in July 2018. The event, in which candles are lit to commemorate the disaster, has been held every month in hopes of early progress in the reconstruction of the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event commemorating western Japan disaster

Lit candles create a message "Hold on, Mabi" at an event held on the night of Jan. 8, 2019, in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in memory of people killed in deadly rains that hit the region in July 2018. The event, in which candles are lit to commemorate the disaster, has been held every month in hopes of early progress in the reconstruction of the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event commemorating western Japan disaster

Lit candles create a message "Hold on, Mabi" at an event held on the night of Jan. 8, 2019, in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in memory of people killed in deadly rains that hit the region in July 2018. The event, in which candles are lit to commemorate the disaster, has been held every month in hopes of early progress in the reconstruction of the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event commemorating western Japan disaster

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2019, in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, shows people praying in memory of those killed in deadly rains that hit western Japan in July 2018. The event, in which candles are lit to commemorate the disaster, has been held every month in hopes of early progress in the reconstruction of the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamon cheers up disaster-hit Kurashiki

Kumamon (R), Kumamoto Prefecture's black bear mascot, and Japanese comedian All Kyojin (L, back) pose for photos with kindergarten children in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2018, an area hit hard by heavy rain and flooding in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamon cheers up disaster-hit Kurashiki

Kumamon (R), Kumamoto Prefecture's black bear mascot, and Japanese comedian All Kyojin (L, back) give high fives to kindergarten children in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2018, an area hit hard by heavy rain and flooding in July, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan emperor, empress visit deluge victims

Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and Empress Michiko arrive on Sept. 14, 2018, at a park in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, hard hit by the deadly July rains in western Japan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Handmade bras popular among evacuees in Japan

Mitsuko Watanabe (L) shows newly arrived Wanowa Bras at an evacuation center in the Mabi area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2018, one of the areas hit hardest by heavy rain and flooding the previous month. Bras made from long strips of cloth have become popular items among women who remain in shelter as people of all sizes can use them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rains in western Japan

Ayumi Matsuura, 34, examines on July 12, 2018 her house in Mabi, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the torrential rain and flooding that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rains

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 8, 2018, shows Mabi Memorial Hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, submerged in flood waters following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rains

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 8, 2018, shows Mabi Memorial Hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, submerged in flood waters following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo