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9th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Flowers are placed on April 16, 2025, at the site of an apartment building that collapsed in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, in one of two massive earthquakes that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016, killing a student who lived there.

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9th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken on April 15, 2025, shows Aso Ohashi bridge in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, which collapsed in a landslide triggered by a pair of massive earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016. The bridge is preserved as a reminder of the disaster.

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9th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo taken on April 15, 2025, shows Aso Ohashi bridge in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, which collapsed in a landslide triggered by a pair of massive earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in April 2016. The bridge is preserved as a reminder of the disaster.

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Kumamoto earthquake museum

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows an item on display at a museum in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, built in memory of the deadly earthquakes that struck the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto and neighboring Oita in 2016. The facility, named "Kioku," meaning "memory" in Japanese, opened the following day.

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Kumamoto earthquake museum

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows a museum in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, built in memory of the deadly earthquakes that struck the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto and neighboring Oita in 2016. The facility, named "Kioku," meaning "memory" in Japanese, opened the following day.

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Kumamoto earthquake museum

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows a museum in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, built in memory of the deadly earthquakes that struck the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto and neighboring Oita in 2016. The facility, named "Kioku," meaning "memory" in Japanese, opened the following day.

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Rescue work continues in quake-hit southwestern Japan

MINAMIASO, Japan, April 22 Kyodo - Rescue operations continue into the night in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2016 for those missing after powerful earthquakes.

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Rescue workers search for survivors in quake-hit southwestern Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 17, 2016, shows rescue workers searching for survivors in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, in the wake of a massive landslide caused by a magnitude-7.3 quake that struck the area the day before. Rescue efforts have continued amid aftershocks and the escalating risk of landslides due to rainfall overnight, with damage widespread in the region ever since an M6.5 temblor rocked the area on April 14.

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Torrential rain in Kyushu

MINAMIASO, Japan - Police officers search for missing people at the site of a mudslide in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 12, 2012, after torrential rain in northern Kyushu, southwestern Japan.

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Torrential rain in Kyushu

MINAMIASO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area hit by a mudslide in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 12, 2012, after torrential rain in northern Kyushu, southwestern Japan.

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Landslides in southwestern Japan

MINAMIASO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers searching for people who have gone missing at the site of a landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 12, 2012. Record-setting rainfalls have caused flooding and landslides in parts of southwestern Japan, leading to evacuation orders for thousands of residents, with authorities fearing that some people may have been buried alive.

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Landslides in southwestern Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Rescue workers search for people who have gone missing at the site of a landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 12, 2012. Record-setting rainfalls have caused flooding and landslides in parts of southwestern Japan, leading to evacuation orders for thousands of residents, with authorities fearing that some people may have been buried alive.

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New bridge opens in quake-hit Kumamoto village

MINAMIASO, Japan Kyodo - A tape-cutting ceremony is held in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on March 7, 2021, to mark the opening of a new bridge that replaced the one that collapsed in a massive earthquake in April 2016. Video taken March 7, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a new bridge that opened the same day in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Minamiaso, southwestern Japan.

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College students mourn friend killed by quake

Tokai University students mourn on June 16, 2016, a friend who died two months ago in a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. They offered flowers and put their hands together in front of a collapsed apartment building where late Riku Ono, 20, lived. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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College students mourn friend killed by quake

Tokai University students mourn on June 16, 2016, a friend who died two months ago in a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. They offered flowers and put their hands together in front of a collapsed apartment building where late Riku Ono, 20, lived. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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College students mourn friend killed by quake

Tokai University students mourn on June 16, 2016, a friend who died two months ago in a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. They offered flowers and put their hands together in front of a collapsed apartment building where late Riku Ono, 20, lived. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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College students mourn friend killed by quake

Tokai University students mourn on June 16, 2016, a friend who died two months ago in a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. They offered flowers and put their hands together in front of a collapsed apartment building where late Riku Ono, 20, lived. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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College student still missing after Kumamoto quake in April

Shinobu Yamato, whose son Hikaru has been missing since a major earthquake on April 16, 2016, pours tea on June 11 into an area, where the son is believed to be caught in a quake-triggered bridge collapse in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. An aerial and land search has been unable to find the college student. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and his wife Empress Michiko (R) visit an evacuation center in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 19, 2016. The center is servicing people affected by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck on April 14 and a M7.3 quake that hit two days later. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and his wife Empress Michiko (2nd from R) talk with local residents in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 19, 2016. The imperial couple visited the areas in the prefecture hit hard by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on April 14 and M7.3 quake two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Emperor Akihito talks with local residents on May 19, 2016, in an evacuation center for people affected by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck on April 14 and a M7.3 quake that hit two days later, in the village of Minamiaso in Kumamoto Prefecture. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) talks with local residents on May 19, 2016, in an evacuation center for people affected by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck on April 14 and a M7.3 quake that hit two days later, in the village of Minamiaso in Kumamoto Prefecture. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One month after biggest of Kumamoto quakes

Officials of the southwestern village of Minamiaso offer silent prayer at an office on May 16, 2016, a month after the biggest of earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Over 10,000 people still in shelters 1 month after Kumamoto quakes

The popular black bear character Kumamon visits a volunteer center in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on May 14, 2016, a month after the first of a number of strong earthquakes rocked Kumamoto Prefecture. Despite some signs of recovery including resumption of railway and expressway operations, more than 10,000 people are still taking refuge at shelters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in quake-hit areas reopen

Junior high school students in the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso head to school on May 9, 2016, as classrooms reopened for the first time in over three weeks. The students are currently staying at a high school dormitory and go to school by bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in quake-hit areas reopen

Junior high school students in the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso arrive at their school on May 9, 2016, as classrooms reopened for the first time in over three weeks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in quake-hit areas reopen

Junior high school students in the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso head to school on May 9, 2016, as classrooms reopened for the first time in over three weeks. The students are currently staying at a high school dormitory and go to school by bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in quake-hit areas reopen

Junior high school students in the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso head to school on May 9, 2016, as classrooms reopened for the first time in over three weeks. The students are currently staying at a high school dormitory and go to school by bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't OKs higher subsidies for rebuilding quake-hit southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 25, 2016, shows devastation in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture caused by a recent string of powerful earthquakes. The same day, the government designated the quakes as a disaster of "extreme severity," paving the way for affected communities to receive higher state subsidies to aid recovery efforts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe visits quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) talks to residents at an evacuation shelter in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 23, 2016, which has been struck by powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue work continues in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Rescue operations continue in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2016 for those missing after powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue work continues in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, for those missing after powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations in southwestern Japan village

Rescue workers resume search activities on April 22, 2016, in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso for those who remain accounted for in the wake of powerful earthquakes. Their rescue efforts were temporarily suspended due to bad weather. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue operations in southwestern Japan village

Photo taken April 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso searching for those who remain unaccounted for in the wake of powerful earthquakes. Their rescue efforts were temporarily suspended due to bad weather. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake-stricken areas in southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the aftermath of a massive earthquake-triggered landslide that brought down a large bridge (front) in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes heavily damage southwestern Japan

Elderly evacuees from powerful earthquakes that have struck southwestern Japan perform exercises at an evacuation center in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 22, 2016, to promote their circulation. Concern over the health of the evacuees is growing as their stay in evacuation center lengthens. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deaths of evacuees on the rise in quake-hit southwestern Japan

Rescue operations continue into dusk in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on April 20, 2016. Stress and fatigue appear to be taking their toll among people who have evacuated following strong earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in quake-hit area

Rescue workers continue searching on April 20, 2016, for those who went missing in the wake of landslides caused by powerful earthquakes in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in quake-hit area

Rescue workers continue searching on April 20, 2016, for those who went missing in the wake of landslides caused by powerful earthquakes in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in quake-hit area

Self-Defense Forces personnel continue searching through the night on April 19, 2016, for those who went missing in the wake of landslides caused by powerful earthquakes in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in quake-hit area

Yuji Maeda, 32, sits on his haunches on April 19, 2016, while observing rescue operations in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso. Maeda's 65-year-old father was among those who went missing following landslides caused by powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes hit southwestern Japan

Self-Defense Forces personnel transfer a body recovered in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso on April 19, 2016, following a series of earthquakes that caused landslides there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes hit southwestern Japan

Self-Defense Forces personnel transfer a body recovered in the southwestern Japan village of Minamiaso on April 19, 2016, following a series of earthquakes that caused landslides there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Photo taken April 18, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan. Ospreys were used to deliver relief supplies to earthquake-hit areas in Kumamoto Prefecture amid safety concerns among Japanese citizens over the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People remain evacuated amid fears of more quakes

People crowd a shelter in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on April 18, 2016. Food shortages have worsened at shelters in Kumamoto Prefecture as tens of thousands remain evacuated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Photo taken April 18, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft in Minamiaso, southwestern Japan. Ospreys were used to deliver relief supplies to earthquake-hit areas in Kumamoto Prefecture amid safety concerns among Japanese citizens over the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search continues for those missing in earthquakes in Japan

Police officers continue the search in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2016 for those missing after powerful earthquakes struck the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces carry relief supplies from the U.S. Marines' Osprey aircraft on April 18, 2016, after two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, belonging to the Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, arrive in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas by massive earthquakes the previous week. It is the first time the Ospreys have been used in a disaster relief mission in Japan where many remain concerned about the aircraft's safety record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search continues for those missing in earthquakes in Japan

Japanese Self-Defense Force members continue the search in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2016 for those missing after powerful earthquakes struck the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces carry relief supplies from the U.S. Marines' Osprey aircraft on April 18, 2016, after two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, belonging to the Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, arrive in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas by massive earthquakes the previous week. It is the first time the Ospreys have been used in a disaster relief mission in Japan where many remain concerned about the aircraft's safety record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo