Key words : kumamoto remembering
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Residents in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto are remembering the dozens of people who died three years ago when record rainfall caused deadly flooding and mudslides in the region.
The disaster killed 67 people in the prefecture, including those who died in the aftermath. Two people remain missing.
About 30 people, including bereaved family members, Kumamoto Governor Kabashima Ikuo, and City Mayor Matsuoka Hayato, attended a memorial service held in Hitoyoshi City, where 21 of them died.
Mayor Matsuoka pledged to press ahead with reconstruction non-stop while the participants observed a moment of silence, laid flowers on the altar, and prayed for the victims.
A representative of the victims' families, Kuraoka Shinji, who lost his aunt, said he could only apologize to her for not being able to save her, and that he will never forget the tragic scene and the sorrow of losing his aunt.
"Disaster can hit any time. I want to take preventive measures based on the lessons we learned, and hand down my experience as a survivor," Kuraoka said.
Key words : seasonal rain yamaguchi and
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People in western and eastern Japan are advised to remain on alert for landslides in areas hit by heavy rain from the seasonal rain front.
The front has dropped record rainfall since Thursday, causing a series of landslides and flooding in the western prefecture of Yamaguchi and the northern part of the Kyushu region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain bulletin around 1 a.m. on Sunday as bands of heavy rain clouds stayed over the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture.
The front is expected to linger near western Japan and may cause increased rainfall in the region from Monday. Officials are calling on people to tune in to weather updates.
Meanwhile, warm air flowing in from the south is expected to increase the temperature in wide areas from western and eastern Japan on Sunday.
The mercury is expected to climb to over 30 degrees Celsius in many areas. Inland areas might even see the temperature reach around 35 degrees Celsius.
The high temperatures could also cause unstable atmospheric conditions. Officials are urging people to be on alert for downpours, lightning strikes, and gusty winds.
Key words : washington post cia director
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The Washington Post says top Ukrainian officials told the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency that they aim to retake substantial territory from Russia by autumn, and force Moscow into cease-fire talks by the end of this year.
US media on Friday quoted multiple sources as saying CIA Director William Burns met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top Ukrainian officials during his secret visit to Ukraine in June.
Burns' arrival reportedly preceded the aborted armed rebellion by the leader of the Wagner mercenary group.
During the visit, US media said military planners in Kyiv revealed the strategy behind the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia.
The report says that they want to move artillery and missiles near the border of Russian-controlled Crimea, push further into eastern Ukraine, and then start negotiations with Moscow.
The Washington Post reports that Ukraine is trying to hold hostage the peninsula, which is home to Russia's prized Black Sea Fleet. Russia unilaterally annexed Crimea in 2014.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said on Friday he was not surprised that progress was slower than predicted.
Speaking to an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, Milley said, "What I had said was this is going to take six, eight, 10 weeks, it's going to be very difficult. It's going to be very long, and it's going to be very, very bloody." He added, "And no one should have any illusions about any of that."
Key words : attack nuclear power
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The Ukrainian government says signs that Russian forces are withdrawing from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant suggest they are planning a terror attack on it.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency says the Ukrainian employees who signed a contract with Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company were advised to leave the occupied power station by July 5.
The Ukrainian government also says Russia planted landmines in the power plant.
Ukraine's energy ministry says it carried out drills involving the military and experts in the southern Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions as well as the eastern Dnipropetrovsk area to prepare for a possible nuclear accident.
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov told local media that terror attacks on nuclear power plants would be seen as a use of nuclear weapons against civilians.
He said he will closely watch how the world responds, and that Ukraine will do whatever it can to prevent it from happening.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Kyiv's claims are "pure lies."
The US think tank Institute for the Study of War said on Friday that "Russian forces remain unlikely to cause an intentional 'accident'" at the plant, because of the likely consequences.
But it says, "Russia is likely continuing to use the threat of an intentional radiological incident to attempt to constrain Ukrainian counteroffensive actions and Western support for Ukraine ahead of the upcoming NATO summit."
Key words : hiroshima guide
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Japanese students have heard the testimony of a survivor of the US 1945 atomic bombing, or hibakusha, during a training session of guides for foreign visitors in Hiroshima City.
The 85-year-old survivor, Ogura Keiko, was invited as a guest instructor for the training session on Sunday. She talked about her experience in English in front of about 40 high school and university students who are volunteer guides at the city's Peace Memorial Park.
She elaborated on her experience right after the bomb was dropped at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945. Ogura said she fainted immediately after seeing a bright light. She said when she opened her eyes she saw destroyed and burning buildings and that she could not understand what had happened.
The students listened to her intensively, with some taking notes.
University student Yamauchi Yuna said she was impressed by Ogura's determination to speak about the tragedy, because she thought it is not easy for hibakusha to share their experiences.
"Foreign visitors probably don't know a lot about what hibakusha went through. I want to pass on their stories to foreign visitors," Yamauchi said.
In May, Ogura shared her experience in English with world leaders who gathered for the G7 summit in the city.
Key words : twitter owner
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Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, has imposed limits on the number of posts users can read per day.
Musk made the announcement on his own Twitter account on Saturday, citing "extreme levels of data scraping" and "system manipulation."
He initially said that verified Twitter users are limited to reading 6,000 posts per day; unverified accounts up to 600 posts; and new unverified accounts up to 300.
But later in the day, Musk increased the limits to 10,000 posts for verified users, 1,000 for unverified ones, and 500 for new unverified accounts.
He has not given any further information on the restrictions.
Some Twitter users are complaining that post views need to be restricted at all, while others are asking for a clear definition of reading a post.
Key words : climber
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Climbing season at Mount Fuji has started for the trail that is in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan.
The highest mountain in Japan opened to trekkers on Saturday.
Cars carrying climbers drove up the road one after another after the gate of a toll road connecting the foot of the mountain and the fifth station opened at 3 a.m.
A ritual was held at a Shinto shrine at the station to mark the opening of the trail.
A man who came from Tokyo with his 10-year-old son said he chose to climb the mountain on the opening day. He said he would stay at a lodge and intended to observe the sunrise on the summit.
Although rain occasionally intensified, climbers enjoyed the sight of Lake Yamanaka and the lakeside areas at the foot of the mountain when they came into clear view.
A 50-year-old climber who came from Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa said he was making his first ever visit to Mount Fuji. He said he was moved by the beautiful scenery.
The mountain straddles the prefectures of Shizuoka and Yamanashi. The trails on the Shizuoka side are due to open on July 10.
The summer climbing season in Yamanashi prefecture will continue until September 10.
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